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rory cellan jones reports. it looked at first like an attack just on hospitals in the uk, but it is now becoming clear that this malicious software has run riot around the world. russia, the united states and many points in between have been hit by what is now a common form of cybercrime. ransomware is becoming the tool of choice for an awful lot of criminals, simply because it is very easy to make money very quickly. you can buy ransomware online for as little as $39. it s quite cheap. at the top end of the market it comes with support and payment systems to help you get your money. so how does ransomware work? it often arrives in the form of an innocuous looking e mail. when you click on that link the malicious software is downloaded and spreads rapidly through your network, locking up all the files on it. then a message flashes up on screen is warning that if you want your data and locked that if you want your data unlocked you will have to pay a ransom, often in bit ....
debt crisis in greece is back in focus. we ll tell you all you need to know. and we ll be getting the inside track on one man s effort to make musical millions. it might look like a kids toy, but with some of the biggest names in music want to get their hands on it, we meet the man behind the lightblock pad. so today we want to know, what was your first musical instrument? did you learn at school? let us know. just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. welcome to business live. violin. it was good, bad and ugly! we begin with us president donald trump who is about to leave saudi arabia on his way to israel. that s his next stop on his foreign tour. over the weekend in riyadh he signed agreements worth hundreds of billions of dollars between saudi and american firms. the deals are said to be worth more than $350 billion over the next ten years and build on america s decades long alliance with the world s largest oil producer. now saudi arabia is trying to diversify its economy awa ....
from flooding by slowing heavy rainfall with their dams. they want creatures like this reintroduced nationwide. not all are convinced. but the beavers here are making their own watery case. roger harrabin, bbc news, devon. the weather looked nice there but how is it looking today? nick miller has all the details. icy rain! icy sunshine! sunshine and showers today, and mixture, not everyone will catch a shower. scattered about scotla nd will catch a shower. scattered about scotland and northern ireland, heavy ones with thunder, may catch mixed m, ones with thunder, may catch mixed in, drifting east of england and wales into this evening but they die away. most places away from the northern isles, which they showery, look dry. mid single figures away from the town and city centres, the grampians remaining freezing, maybe fog around on sunday. morning sunshine tomorrow and showers get going again in scotland, northern ireland and northern england, this batch for wales drif ....
for the aviation industry we ll find out what impact it s having on airlines as they hold their annual gathering in mexico. if you want to get in touch with us about anything we re talking about today just use the hashtag b#bcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. we start with events over the weekend and the massive police operation after saturday night s terror attack in central london. the investigation is well under way. in the last few hours police have raided two more properties in east london as they investigate the attack which killed seven people and injured 48 people. it has prodded questions over how the police are funded and if they have the resources they need. jeremy corbyn accused the conservatives of trying to protect the public on the cheap . they accused him of desperate promises and evasive soundbites . so let s look at the numbers. the total police budget for england and wales stands at about £14.34 billion. because it s a devolved issue in ....
sad day, 91 vote, not bad at all. well played, good innings. and you get into the head of a fictional bare? it was pretty simple. he gave me the clue of saying he s a bit like noel coward which i find bizarre because i thought you d be per ruby and because he come from the peruvian because he can come per he s all his sweet and lovable he suggested being like noel coward, like, hello i m parrington. but we ended up more innocent, with permanent high eyebrows. he is an innocent abroad. he s wandering about, not quite knowing what s going on. that was one of his great strengths, wasn t it? he was a little alien, really. in an environment where you have to explain things to him. he was a brilliant storyteller. and really sweet guy. we did 140 episodes and he did ten session. so he was really hands on? he did ten session. so he was really hands-on? yes. he was paying attention to everything. he was lovely. in fact, attention to everything. he was lovely. infact, my atten ....