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Business Matters: Cyber Attack Targets Global Organisations

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Cyber Attack Targets Global Organisations

13/05/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Cyber Attack Targets Global Organisations

Computers in thousands of locations have been locked.

Computers in thousands of locations have been locked by a programme that demands £230 in Bitcoin.

A massive cyber attack has been launched using tools believed to have been developed by the US National Security Agency. Computers in thousands of locations worldwide have been locked by a programme that demands £230 in Bitcoin. We hear from BBC technology reporter, Zoe Kleinman and Lily Hay Newman from technology website Wired.com.

One of Donald Trump's first acts on entering the White House was introducing hefty import tariffs. Four months on and America and China are announcing a trade deal that Washington says will reduce its massive trade deficit with Beijing. So what's changed? All is explained by Andrew Peaple who's covering the story for the Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong.

Kai Ryssdal from our sister programme Marketplace tells us about Susan Burton, a female ex convict who's founded 'A New Way of Life', an organisation that helps ex-offenders on release from prison.

Politics, trading, boycotts, immigration controls and great music. The Eurovision Song Contest has it all and the grand final is fast approaching. Our reporter, Adrian Bradley tells us more from the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.

And there's our usual round-up of the week's top stories. Peter Coy, Bloomberg Businessweek's Economics Editor and Soumaya Keynes, Economics Correspondent at the Economist magazine talk Emmanuel Macron, Uber and Snapchat.

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