as its star takes the lead actress award and it claims best drama. good evening and welcome to bbc news. more computers are likely to be affected tomorrow by the cyber attack that hit many parts of the nhs as the working week begins and people return to their desks. the ransomware attack is now known to have had 200,000 victims around the world, with europe s law enforcement agency saying new versions are being released and an international manhunt under way for those responsible. with some nhs trusts still affected, we ll hear from our health editor in a moment but first our security correspondent gordon corera. a cyber attack that spread like wildfire around the world and may not yet be over. it was launched on friday by hackers whose identity is still unknown and what s been seen so far has already been extraordinary, say law enforcement. we ve never seen anything like this unprecedented scale, the latest numbers we are seeing, over 200,000 victims in over 150 countries bu
it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7:30 in the morning in pyongyang where the north korean government is facing criticism for its latest ballistic missile test. the newsagency saying it can do that successfully and missile test. the newsagency saying it can do that successfully and missile testm may be able to carry large scale nuclear warhead. the us said pyongyang had been a menace forfar too long and sanctions should be tightened. he is in a state of paranoia, this was a message to south korea after the election so what we are going to do is continue to tighten screws. he feels it. we will continue whether it is sanctions, press statements. we will be rallying the troops and saying what do we need to do next? listen, there are more sanctions we can do, whether it is with oil, energy, and lots of other things. our options are there but we have to send a strong unified a siege that this is unacceptable and i in key will see the international community do that.
the world are anxiously waiting to see if they ll be affected by a second wave of cyber attacks. experts say the hackers have released a new version of the virus which encrypts data and demands a ransom payment from users. our security correspondent gordon corera has the latest. a cyber attack that spread like wildfire around the world and may not yet be over. it was launched on friday the by hackers whose identity is still unknown. what has been seen so far has a ready been extraordinary, say law enforcement. we have never seen anything like this on this scale. the latest numbers we are saying, over 200,000 victims in over 150 countries, a global phenomenon. this is what victims have been confronted with. a warning they have been locked out of their computer and they would have to pay a ransom to get back in. in britain, the nhs seems to have been the biggest victim. in russia, the interior ministry was hit. in france, a car plant had to stop production and in germany,
governments and businesses around the world are anxiously waiting to see if they will be hit by a second wave of cyber attacks. the experts say the hackers have released a new version of the virus, which encrypts files and demands a ransom payment from users. microsoft criticised customers who didn t keep their systems up to date, and described the attack as a wake up call. our security correspondent gordon corera has the latest. a cyber attack that spread like wildfire around the world, and may not yet be over. it was launched on friday by hackers whose identity is still unknown. and what has been seen so far has already been extraordinary, say law enforcement. we ve never seen anything like this, unprecedented in its scale. the latest numbers we are seeing, over 200,000 victims in over 150 countries. clearly a global phenomenon. this is what victims have been confronted with, a warning they have been locked out of their computer, and they will have to pay a ransom to get ba