Eurovision song contest. And whos that in daddys chair . Well find out which world leader gave his son a look at what his father does for a living. Hello and welcome to world news today. The Global Cyber Attack affecting organsiations in almost 100 countries is on an unprecedented scale. Thats the assessment of europes Police Agency europol. More than 2a hours after the hack attack, the Authorities Say they are getting to grips with the problem. In the uk for instance, the government says most hospitals are now running as normal. Other high profile victims include the us Courier Company fedex. Megafon was also affected thats the second largest Mobile Phone Network in russia. And spanish telecoms Giant Telefonica also hacked. Daniel sandford reports. The cyber attack which wreaked such chaos in Britains Health service was a global assault, affecting russia worst of all but also countries as far apart as the us, australia, and japan. The two british agencies tackling it said a complex In
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you heard about over the weekend that so far hit more than 300,000 computers around the world. still happening. the white house is reporting on it now. homeland security adviser tom bossert. the attack called problems for more than 150 countries including the u.s. it freezes your computer and rather than stealing your files, it holds them hostage and requires you to pay a ransom to get your own access to your own feels. investigators are still trying to figure out who is behind this. cold to malware tech, a group that monitors this sort of thing, the dots on this map show where the so-called wanna cry virus that s what they call it where it s hit in the last 24 hours. it started this time friday and has been going through the weekend. a lot of people got hit today after the weekend.
i m victor blackwell. good morning to you. let s talk about this anonymous mall ware researcher a lot of people are saying is a hero. after inadvertently stopping the spread of a global cyberattack. according to a tv this targeted 200 victims. cnn managed to speak with that researcher that stopped the attack. a 22-year-old from the uk that goes by the name malware tech. this person did not disclose his or her identity or gender so why they are saying them and they. malware tech says the threat is not over. we are joined from london with the details. we are getting more from your poll about the scope of this attack, phil. reporter: yes. that is where the figures you re quoting there come from. the eu s law enforcement agency are talking about potentially 200,000 victims in this malwe re attack in 150 countries which is