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It gets into spam e-mail or attachments, it locks your computer holding it and its data hostage until user has to pay ransom. this is a screenshot of what the virus dubbed want to cry. in this case users had to pay up to $600 to get access again. the side and speed hitting tens of thousands of computers including in hundreds of companies including the u.s., uk, china. it affected fedex here in the u.s. and british hospitals and medical centers. many were forced to cancel or delay routine procedures like x-rays, vital procedures like cancer treatments and no one has claimed responsibility. but ...
North korea hopes to target ships in the future. u.s. ambassador to the u.n. now vowing that america and allies will continue to put pressure on pyongyang. and fbi nsa now searching for hackers behind the massive global cyberattack that hit 150 countries, hundreds of thousands of computers affected by a ransom ware virus that holds data hostage until you pay a 300 dollar ransom, the attack even put lives at risk locking down computers that run britain hospitals and germany's national railway hope to see you top of the hour alongside eric shawn happy mother's day. greg: it is now regular as you...
Story in the world of technology. a global cyber attack creating chaos among hospitals across england as teams of technicians work around the clock to restore computer systems. the large scale hack which has affected tens of thousands of computers worldwide used tools believed to have been stolen from the national security agency is. bryan llenas has more details. bryan, what can you explain to us about situation? >> reporter: well, look, liz, hackers exploited a software flaw is in windows microsoft computers, a flaw that was creditly once a part of the u.s. government's national -- secretly ...
Unprecedented in its sheer size, hitting dozens of countries around the world. the victims include fedex in the u.s. and many hospitals in great britain. security experts racing to contain the fallout. bryan llenas joins us live from our new york city newsroom with more details. >> reporter: hi, kelly. hackers used a microsoft windows flaw to launch what appears to be the largest cyber attack of its kind in history on friday. the flaw was leaked online, it was secretly used as a cyber weapon by the u.s. national security agency. hackers exploited this weak point to infect windows computers wit...