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>> that's the concern that monday, when everyone returns to the office, that the -- this ransom ware attack will be even larger. this is a very serious problem. and i think it's going to grow. griff griff this all began on friday. hitting worldwide fedex deliveries, who hospitals in england. government computers in russia. schools and universities in china and thousand of other systems around the globe. hackers exemployed loopholes in versions of microsoft windows creating a webonized. demanding hundred of dollars. microsoft is urging everyone to install the latest window's update because ther...

To attend. on cyber security, as the president's homeland security adviser, part of my responsibility is to coordinate cyber security ef forts. i want to give you an up date on the ransom ware attack. we're monitoring this at the highest levels of government. we're bringing all of the capabilities of the u.s. government to bear and we're working with our partners. i spoke moments ago with my counter part in great britain and learned an update from them that they have a feeling of control over this ransom ware e srepb and that their affected computers seem to be tied to the effect that their he...

Least 100,000 organizations. the director said the attack is unprecedented. >> we are running around 200 global operations against cybercrime each year. though we've never seen anything like this. we've seen the rise of ransom ware becoming the principal threat, but this is something we haven't 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 working with customers and releasing updates for computers running on older systems. security exper...

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Find the attacker. >> many of those will be businesses. it's not a uk only problem. it's an international problem. laura: allison barber has more from our d.c. bureau. >> this is believed to be the largest cyber extortion attack in history in a my not be over. experts say the attack could grow when people had to work tomorrow and start logging onto their computer. >> that is the concern, that monday when everyone returns to the office, this ransom ware attack will be even larger. >> this all began friday, hitting hospitals in england, real companies in germany and fedex. hackers reportedly exp...