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A cyber-attack that hit organisations worldwide including the UK’s National Health Service was “unprecedented”, Europe’s police agency says.<\/p>\n

Europol also warned a “complex international investigation” was required “to identify the culprits”.<\/p>\n

Ransomware encrypted data on at least 75,000 computers in 99 countries on Friday. Payments were demanded for access to be restored.<\/p>\n

European countries, including Russia, were among the worst hit.<\/p>\n

Although the spread of the malware – known as WannaCry and variants of that name – appears to have slowed, the threat is not yet over.<\/p>\n

Europol said its cyber-crime team, EC3, was working closely with affected countries to “mitigate the threat and assist victims”.<\/p>\n

In the UK, a total of 48 National Health trusts were hit by Friday’s cyber-attack, of which all but six are now back to normal, according to the Home Secretary Amber Rudd.<\/p>\n

The attack left hospitals and doctors unable to access patient data, and led to the cancellation of operations and medical appointments.<\/p>\n

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Who else has been affected by the attack?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some reports say Russia <\/strong>has seen more infections than any other country. Banks, the state-owned railways and a mobile phone network were hit.<\/p>\n

Russia’s interior ministry said 1,000 of its computers had been infected but the virus was swiftly dealt with and no sensitive data was compromised.<\/p>\n

In Germany<\/strong>, the federal railway operator said electronic boards had been disrupted; people tweeted photos of a ticket machine.<\/p>\n

France’s <\/strong>carmaker Renault was forced to stop production at a number of sites.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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