A huge cyber-attack that initially hit Ukraine has spread across the world, causing major disruption. The hack was already the biggest in Ukraine’s history but it has now affected other countries – including the UK, Spain and India – and may be functioning like the massive “Wannacry” attack that crippled the NHS, according to cyber security experts. The attack is hitting major infrastructure in the countries where it has spread and has also affected companies ranging from Danish shipping giant Maersk to the British advertising company WPP.
The British National Cyber Security Centre said that it was “aware of the global ransomware incident” and is “monitoring the situation closely”. Maersk said that it didn’t yet know the cause of the outage but that it suspected it could extend across all of its global operations.
A huge cyber-attack that initially hit Ukraine has spread across the world, causing major disruption. The hack was already the biggest in Ukraine’s history but it has now affected other countries – including the UK, Spain and India – and may be functioning like the massive “Wannacry” attack that crippled the NHS, according to cyber security experts.
The attack is hitting major infrastructure in the countries where it has spread and has also affected companies ranging from Danish shipping giant Maersk to the British advertising company WPP. The British National Cyber Security Centre said that it was “aware of the global ransomware incident” and is “monitoring the situation closely”.
Maersk said that it didn’t yet know the cause of the outage but that it suspected it could extend across all of its global operations.
Source: News Agencies
