Experts have been working round-the-clock to restore IT systems of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) after a large-scale cyber attack by an international criminal gang wreaked havoc around the world. Ciaran Martin, who leads UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, said his team was doing everything in its power to get “vital services” back up and running. NHS England said patients needing emergency treatment should go to Accidents & Emergency or access emergency services as they normally would. The assault is part of an attack that has affected organisations in more than 70 countries, including the US, China, Russia and Spain, and disrupted power and telephone companies. The malware used in the NHS attack is called WannaCry and attacks Windows operating systems.

Source: Hindustan Times May 13, 2017 09:45 UTC