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BBC OS: Global Ransomware Attack Causes Chaos

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Global Ransomware Attack Causes Chaos

27/06/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Global Ransomware Attack Causes Chaos

A large-scale cyber attack is continuing to spread across the world.

A large-scale cyber attack that started in Ukraine is continuing to spread across the world.

A large-scale cyber attack involving malicious software is disrupting computer systems across the world, hitting Ukraine especially hard but spreading to countries as far apart as Norway and India.
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(Photo: Cyber attack. Credit: Mauritz Antin/EPA)

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