Major Cyber Attack Strike Worldwide Reported

A large-scale cyber attack affected nearly one hundred countries and held tens of thousands of computers ransom throughout the day on 12 th May reported.

Antivirus provider Avast reported that at least 75,000 computers had been infected by the crippling malware and that the ”WanaCrypt 0r 2.0” as it is called, ransom ware had been detected in 99 countries.

While,more than a dozen hospitals in England and major companies, including FedEx and Spain largest telecom, were targeted ,U.S. companies were being warned to gird against the threat, which reportedly blocked access to computers in exchange for a ransom.

The scale of it  that pretty unprecedented, Ben Rapp, the CEO of IT support company Managed Networks, told NBC News British partner ITV News. There been a lot of ransom ware. The extent of the attack globally and the author of the malicious software known as the Wanna Decryptor, or Wanna Cry were unclear, but cyber security experts said they were surprised at its apparent reach. The scale of it that  pretty unprecedented, Ben Rapp, the CEO of IT support

company Managed Networks, told NBC News British partner ITV News. There been a lot of ransom ware in hospitals, but to see 16 hospitals, last time I looked, and reports of other people this is probably the biggest ransom ware attack we seen.In a statement to NBC News, FedEx said that like many other companies, FedEx is experiencing interference with some of our Windows.

based systems caused by malware. We are implementing remediation steps as quickly as possible. he concluded.