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World's biggest cyberattack hits 150 countries and the threat is 'escalating'
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The head of the European Union's law enforcement agency Europol, speaking on British TV on Sunday, said Friday's attack was "unprecedented" in its reach, with more than 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries.
"At the moment, we're in the face of an escalating threat, the numbers are going up," Europol director Rob Wainwright told ITV's Peston on Sunday program. "I'm worried about how the numbers will continue to grow when people go to work and turn their machines on Monday morning."
Organizations around the world have spent the weekend trying to recover after being hit by a virus that seeks to seize control of computers until victims pay a ransom.
Hospitals, major companies and government offices were among those that were badly affected. Cybersecurity experts have said the majority of the attacks targeted Russia, Ukraine and Taiwan. But U.K. hospitals, Chinese universities and global firms like Fedex (FDX) also reported they had come under assault.
"At the moment, we're in the face of an escalating threat, the numbers are going up," Europol director Rob Wainwright told ITV's Peston on Sunday program. "I'm worried about how the numbers will continue to grow when people go to work and turn their machines on Monday morning."
Organizations around the world have spent the weekend trying to recover after being hit by a virus that seeks to seize control of computers until victims pay a ransom.
Hospitals, major companies and government offices were among those that were badly affected. Cybersecurity experts have said the majority of the attacks targeted Russia, Ukraine and Taiwan. But U.K. hospitals, Chinese universities and global firms like Fedex (FDX) also reported they had come under assault.
