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To send a message you do not collect this kind of data on that many americans and mess it up. if you do, there will be vast consequence. i guarantee you if that happened, no other of these companies would miss their next security patch. >> earlier we were talking about north korea and you talked about how trump could stumble into a crisis from which there is no face-saving way out. you also write today that the president refuses to hold russia to account for anything. i too would like to see mor...

>> what weve seen here is the most outrageous, the most egregious example of a company not doing what it needs to do when it comes to protecting consumer information. >> and theres even more to it. and we have developments just today, and that is the company said early on, equifax said that there was a vulnerability in some software they were using. a web application made by apache software, an open source software. keep in mind the security breach occurred from mid may to mid july. but here is ...

And the u.s. its targeting government agencies and global firms including companies like merck, and wpp. agencies have been hit particularly hard including the monitoring system at the nuclear power plant. this virus is similar to wannacry. ransom ware infects and locks a computer and demands $300 in bit coin to open it up. microsoft did release a security patch in march but the virus targets anyone that hasnt updated their system. we dont know yet the source of the attack. while some experts sa...

Open it up. microsoft released a security patch in march but the virus targets anyone who has not updated their system. cyber security and law enforcement officials are investigating. were live from london where several companies were hit. good morning to you. what do we know about who might be behind this attack? >> reporter: thats the big question everybody is trying to answer this morning and this is a month after after the wannacry attack that paralyzed about 200,000 computers in 150 count...

Bracing for more fallout from the biggest cyber attack ever. 200,000 users in 150 countres were hit by attacks that started late friday. law enforcement warns, there will be more victims this morning as the workweek begins. already attacks being reported overnight in china, japan and korea. now, this virus locks users out of their own computers and then demands hundreds of dollars to regain control. its ransomware, holding all of your information for ransom. global companies like fedex and nissa...

Government agencies have been hit by the so-called ransomware. the software targets a flaw in microsoft windows, and now microsoft has released a security patch. it did back in march, but the virus hit networks that had not updated their systems with that patch, which microsoft stressed the importance of in statements sunday, also said this attack is a wake-up call for governments, kind of a remarkable warning from microsoft to governments, nsa in particular where this came from. >> lets get mor...

>> yeah. >> he doesnt get down in the mud. companies around the world bracing for more fallout from that big, huge cyber attack, the biggest ever. 200,000 users in 150 countries were hit by attacks. it started late friday and sort of rolled through the weekend. law enforcement warns there will be more victims this morning as this workweek begins. already attacks being reported overnight in china, japan, south korea. heres what happens. the virus locks users out of their computers and then dema...

Least 100,000 organizations. the director said the attack is unprecedented. >> we are running around 200 global operations against cybercrime each year. though weve never seen anything like this. weve seen the rise of ransom ware becoming the principal threat, but this is something we havent seen before. the global reach is unprecedented. >> experts are urging everyone to install the latest windows update because there is a security patch in it to exposed the loophole. microsoft says they are wo...

Patch in march, but the virus hit networks that had not updated their systems, which microsoft stressed the importance of in a statement sunday but also said this attack is a wake-up call for governments. all right, folks, so, what do you do this morning to keep yourself safe? lets bring in samuel burke live in london for us. samuel, we know more cases already this morning. how do americans protect right ? >> reporter: well, if you want to know whats going to happen in america this morning, lo...

Least 100,000 organizations. the director said the attack is unprecedented. >> we are running around 200 global operations against cybercrime each year. though weve never seen anything like this. weve seen the rise of ransom ware becoming the principal threat, but this is something we havent seen before. the global reach is unprecedented. >> experts are urging everyone to install the latest windows update because there is a security patch in it to exposed the loophole. microsoft says they are wo...