Ransomware cyber-attack hits almost 100 countries: Al Jazeera English

Al Jazeera English

Published on 13 May 2017

Computer hackers have launched a major international cyber-attack which has hit almost 100 countries.

Ransomware targeted users and locked them out of their computers.

It has caused chaos in the UK where emergency rooms have been forced to close.
Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher reports.