and mi6. staff for the likes of m15, gchq and mig.ikes of m15, gchq and m16. it is a prominent issue now for obvious reasons. how long do you think that will be the case?” obvious reasons. how long do you think that will be the case? i don't think that will be the case? i don't think this weekend we were likely to be talking about security had a terrible event in manchester not occurred. the first is you have government is to protect the public, so government is to protect the public, soi government is to protect the public, so i think there is no way that the different parties could avoid trying to showcase what they are offering, albeit treading through this as a very sensitive time. however, i think there are issues like brexit, the key message of theresa may's campaign, that she will want to get back onto as soon as possible, not least after a difficult beginning to this week, which has been rather forgotten now in terms of a u—turn over the questions of social care policy, which was causing quite a lot of outcry after the manifes

it is a story of underinvestment and it infrastructure and the powers we give to the gchq and the nsao build weapons like this and with any other weapon, once they are built, they can be bought and sold by anyone. the daily mail sent some hackers cripple the nhs. operations we re hackers cripple the nhs. operations were cancelled, ambulances had to be diverted, but it seems like a lot of staff responded incredibly fast to try to mitigate and reduce a lot of the impact it could have had. that is exactly it. there seems to have been a plan, a good contingency plan in place and it seems to have worked. i think what is not quite clear, it is not even clear to the government yet, for and what of the knock—on effects are into next week. i think people will be very tolerant and patient over the course of the weekend, but we will have to see when we get a monday or tuesday how convincingly this system has coped and how well the government answers the questions. why were warnings ignored? the questions. why were warnings ignored 7 does the the questions. why were warnings ignored? does the art

this morning, i have been briefed by gchq and the national cyber security centre, and according to ourgence, we have not seen a second wave of attacks, and the level of criminal activity is at the lower end of the range that we had anticipated, so i think that is encouraging. but the message is very clear, not just for organisations like the nhs, but for private individuals and businesses, although we have never seen individuals and businesses, although we have never seen anything on this scale when it comes to ransomware attacks, there done they are relatively common, and there are things all of us can do to protect ourselves, in particular make sure oui’ ourselves, in particular make sure our data is properly backed up, and make sure we are using the software patches, the antivirus patches that are sent out regularly by manufacturers. these are things we can all do to reduce the risk of the impact we have seen over the last 48 hours. the president of microsoft, brad smith, has been highly critical of the us national security agency, saying it should have notified them when it found s

founder of the cyber security firm ecsc group — he's a former adviser to the uk's intelligence agency gchqood morning. tell us good to see you. good morning. tell us about good to see you. good morning. tell us about ra nsomwa re good to see you. good morning. tell us about ransomware attacks and how they work? it is putting something on your computer which is hacked, and then you get asked for money to get your data back. that is normally done on an individual basis. this is technically known as a worm. it looks for other computers once infected. it is not about targeting people are about spreading itself and it requires companies to have done a couple of things wrong. this attack has had a huge impact, it could still continue today globally. this has the hallmarks of someone producing something although it technically proficient, it does not look fully finished. something that automatically spreads, it is unpredictable what can happen. somebody could be testing this. they did not know how effect give this could be because they did not expect the companies being attacked to have made the

announcement of a 15% increase in officers at the uk spy agencies, including, of course, m15, m16, and gchqservices will now be working round the clock to establish whether the manchester bombing is part of a wider pattern of attacks. chris phillips is the former head of the national counter terrorism security office explains what the intelligence services will be looking at. this attack was planned. premeditated. and they're almost certainly will be other people involved in this attack. the most important thing is to catch them, to identify them, and to bring them into custody. and until we have done that, then this attack is not really over. such planning has gone into this that it would be surprising that there may be other similar devices out there, ready to be used. police will be working hard to stop that from happening. with me is the defence consultant, anthony leather forfurther analysis. thank you for being on the programme. clearly extremely sensitive and difficult times for those affected, those in manchester, who are having to grapple with this horrible than 2a hours ago. some

this is part of the gchq spy centre at cheltenham.e reuter‘s news agency are telling us, british hospital workers in the nhs in england were warned on friday by it departments they were at threat from malware. what is your latest information? we have got a lot more information from nhs digital confirming, i think what we have been saying. it says a number of nhs organisations have reported they have been affected at randsomware attack. it is well—known malicious software. what i was saying earlier about it being a wider scale attack than just the nhs, at this stage we don't have any evidence patient data has been accessed. the attack wasn't specifically targeted at the nhs and is affecting organisations from across a range of sectors. so it seems to indicate this particular piece of malicious software, that locks up your files, the man piece of malicious software, that locks up yourfiles, the man is piece of malicious software, that locks up your files, the man is a ransom from it, perhaps it is targeting a particular vulnerability an

that is brian lord, a former director of intelligence at gchq. flock here, there is a lengthy stream of people here leaving flowers a nd stream of people here leaving flowers and reading the two beads to those who died on monday night. —— regime the tributes. —— reading. the court of appeal has upheld a previous ruling that doctors can withdraw life support from a sick baby with a rare genetic condition against his parents' wishes. specialists at great ormond street hospital said eight—month—old charlie gard has irreversible brain damage and should be moved to palliative care. his parents connie yates and chris gard, from london, had wanted to take him to the us for a treatment trial. and now they've lost their appeal — what they described as their "only remaining hope". the hearing was on tuesday where threejudges heard evidence from all of the legal teams in this case, just to remind you, a nine—month—old baby in intensive care at great ormond street hospital and he suffers from a very regimented condition, which is terminal. last month his par

here, britain's cyber security centre, part of gchq, says it has not seen a new wave of attacks strikee friday. but, when people turn on their computers, the fear is we could see problems on a significant scale, because of malicious software which has already spread. this is what the first computer looked like. colossus, built at bletchley park to break german codes. since then, computers have become infinitely more powerful, but we have also become much more dependent on them. that means the struggle between those seeking to protect systems and those seeking to exploit or undermine them matters more than ever. the risks of insecure computer systems have been known about for decades. but it is only in the last few days, with the extraordinary global spread of this new virus, that people are realising what that actually means for all of us. gordon corera, bbc news. nick bilogorskiy is a founding member of cyphort, an anti—malware cyber security firm, based in california. thank you forjoining us. are you worried about monday? do you think people will switch on the computers and have a re

here britain's cyber security centre, part of gchq, says it has not seen a new wave of attacks strikek since friday, but when people turn on their computers tomorrow, the fear is, we could see problems on a significant scale because of malicious software which has already spread. what's likely to happen tomorrow is that organisations that didn't know they we re organisations that didn't know they were affected on friday, may find that out tomorrow and organisations that out tomorrow and organisations that were affected on friday and over the weekend, might find so some of the problems have spread. that's not to say that the attacks are new. it's a repercussion of what happened on friday. this is what the first computer looked like. colossus, built and bletchley park to break german codes. since then computers have become almost infinitely more powerful but we've also become much more dependent on them. that means the struggle between those seeking to protect systems and those seeking to protect systems and those seeking to exploit or undermine them, matters more than ever. the risks o

led to last year's announcement of a 15% increase in officers at the uk spy agencies m15, m16 and gchqhether the manchester bombing is part of a wider pattern of attacks. we'll have more on this in world business report coming up shortly. also, the trump administration has unveiled its $4.1 trillion budget plan for 2018. it proposes deep cuts to dozens of programmes providing assistance to the poor, such as medical help and disability benefits. the plan would sharply slash food stamps, healthca re for low—income patients, disability benefits and eliminate student loan subsidies. however, the budget does also feature an ivanka trump plan for paid parental leave. the devil is in the detail, our team in new york has been unpacking. i will be back in about ten minutes. we'll have more from manchester later in the programme, and don't forget our website. there is a live page following all the important information from police and officials, with regular updates on the casualties. that's all at bbc.com, forward—slash news. this morning, an indian air force plane carrying mr gandhi's body lan

the agencies, listening agencies, gchq, the domestic one such as mi5 and fbi, or the international likend mi6 work hand in glove around the world. they stationed everywhere. all of will continue on. we will look for an now out in the incident. but it is a blockage that will be specific to the manchester embassy is nonetheless, it is something when it comes into the open. we are seeing it come into the open. we are seeing it come into the open. manchester brazel circulating that they are the intelligence sharing. they rely on each other, the uk and us, to protect each other for. the level of trust is to the point where one side feels they have to suspend some level of sharing, thatis to suspend some level of sharing, that is very negative. police have now made eight arrests. most in manchester itself, but also in wigan and nuneaton. we have no details on why these people have been arrested — but the police gave this statement earlier. these have been an intense three days for the officers and staff of greater manchester police along with the national counter—terrorist policing network an

gchq will chase up the digital links, and the questioning of witnesses, people that have known him, friendsary here amber rudd. so much of this is based on intelligence that we are not able to know at this point. we do know, though, that the terror threat has been raised. she gave us terror threat has been raised. she gave us some terror threat has been raised. she gave us some of the reasons why, and we know that soldiers will be deployed as well. what does it all mean in practical terms, do you think? it means that police leave gets cancelled. they really stretch themselves to maximum resources. they can only do that for a limited period of time. it is absolutely exhausting. the worry is that if there are people at large, they will simply lie low and wait for people to relax their guard a bit. there again, they have got to take a risk, the longer they wait if they have got more devices, there is the risk of them being discovered. but let's hope there aren't any more other devices. in terms of numbers, the sort of figures being talked about last night between military and the police were b

what has been set in the us, what's been said by the head of the national cyber security centre at gchq say russia is responsible for a huge surge in cyber crime activity? we see cyber—criminal actors originating from almost every country in the world but we do see a large proportion of them coming from russian speaking places. not only russia itself. that doesn't mean it's the cyber—crime capital of the world but there are a number of regions of concern for us. the russian—speaking world is one of them. and we are working, of course, where we can, with international police agencies top combat that. you made an interesting distinction just a minute ago between state—sponsored cyber attacks and criminal cyber attacks but i come back to this point that you can often describe state—sponsored activities as criminal. i suppose case in point would be the allegations the americans made about russian cyber meddling in their election. hacking into the democratic party emails, for example. same allegation emerged in the macron campaign, in france. the germans are now saying that they are braced f

today they have also committed to 1000 extra security officers for m15 and gchq.y committing to the numbers already promised under david cameron. that thousand hasn't been recruited. what we are saying... they say, but they have not recruited them yet. we are saying we want to recruit 10,000 extra police officers, community officers, because we think community policing is key. we want to recruit 3000 extra firefighters, 3000 extra prison officers, 1000, as you say, people in the security field and 500 more border guards. but setting out her plans to keep britain safe, diane abbott today declined to regret her previous reports of claiming to support the ira. 0ne saying the defeat of the british state was a victory for all. it was many years ago. i had a rather splendid afro at the same time, i don't have the same hairstyle and i don't have the same views. protecting the public is considered the first duty of government. with over ten days left to see if this remains a key strand of the election campaign. the family of the late mp claim he has been exhilarated after

unfortunately for all the money the united states spends on the nsa, for all the money britain spends on gchq, these services we're trying to intercept all these communications and to e end -- means these groups could community in a large degree in secret with sympathizers and operatives back in the west. west intelligence services, they need to know who they're dealing with, if they're going to try to target some of these phones and extract some messages after they've been decrypted by the devices in question. so much more challenging now for security services to intercept these plots. >> senior international correspondent nic robertson is at 10 downing street. a challenge for theresa may in the metsiddle of an election campaign. is she expected to attend a vigil we were expecting at the top of the hour? >> yes, she is expecting to attend the vigil campaigning for the election which is about three weeks away. has been suspended. that's been agreed across the political parties. the police chief has now named the attacker, salman abedi. 22 years old. the coroner had not done a formal identific

a rare statement from gchq. they called that utter nonsense. and here the u.s. is again saying, okay, we shouldn't have let this happen. we're going to try to stop this from happening again. >> important context, you're right. michelle in london for us. thank you very much. still to come for us, the white house says the budget plan is a taxpayer first plan. under the blueprint, though, thousands, thousands of those who supported this president the most in the election could lose out and lose their jobs. with type 2 diabetes a lower a1c is a lot about choices. but it can be hard sometimes, 'cause different sides of you struggle with which ones to make. well, what if you kept making good ones? then? you could love your numbers. discover once-daily invokana®, a pill used along with diet and exercise to significantly lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. it's proven to lower a1c better than januvia®. invokana® works around the clock by sending some sugar out of your body through the process of urination. it's not for lowering systolic blood pressure or w

. >> at the professional level, there is such great cooperation between nsa on our side, gchq on theireen the fbi and their security service. the brits are the best professionals in the world at this after perhaps the united states. and we are glued at the hip every day, not just days where attacks occur. >> there is new reporting also from the "washington post" that has been confirmed that in this transcript, extraordinary transcript of the president's phone call with the leader in the philippines duterte among other things, he talked about two nuclear subs being positioned off the coast of north korea. inappropriately according to our pentagon soirgsed soururces. >> you never talk about where submarines are. there is a map every more than where the ships were, but never where the subs were because that is an incredibly tight secret. anti-submarine warfare sources would love to know where to look for them so they can listen and find out if there is anyway of tracking them. >> if we assume that the president doesn't know the distinction there, not to say that -- and doesn't know what n

it is able to draw on a lot of technical resources provided by gchq.ng with the security service and the other intelligence agencies. whether these entities have the manpower needed to deal with the scale of the problem is always a debate. i think until recently, it has been felt that he's —— these agencies have been reasonably well resourced. police numbers have been reduced as a result of austerity. but it is not clear whether this has any particular impact on the situation. i think the problem is that a specialist counterterrorism expertise doesn't grow on trees, it can't be recreated, it can't be created overnight. it takes time, training, experience to get people up training, experience to get people up to speed. there is also the question that if you expand an organisation very quickly, can you infect keep control of it? do you risk the problem of diminishing returns if you expand to quickly? more numbers doesn't necessarily translate into more outputs and greater effectiveness. let's talk about some of the potential threat of individuals. newspa

i mean, the gchq was so upset over this, they put out a rare statement, calling it utter nonsense.wo closest allies, you could say in the world, and the u.s. having to apologize. >> yeah, so, it's this spilling over in public, this happening in this meeting in london between secretary of state and his counterpart, but also reaching to the presidential level. the president and theresa may, they met on the sidelines today. did we hear what went on in that meeting? what was discussd? >> reporter: yeah, i mean -- yeah, again, this is a way to try to smooth things over. there's a lot to discuss. i mean, the u.s. and the uk cooperate extremely closely on so many issues, and it really raised eyebrows yesterday after his address at nato that he launched right into reprimands over countries that aren't paying in as much as the u.s. and the fact that he didn't really hit russia. i mean, russia's threat, russia's taking over part of ukraine is the reason why nato over the past two years has been beefing up its defenses. so, the white house defended trump and the way he presented this by sayin

brain lord is the former gchq deputy director of intelligence and cyber 0perations. good morning. this sort of incident is something you would have dreaded happening. yes, i think any kind of large—scale offensive cyber activity is always something one dreads but what is most important at this point is to put it into perspective, because some of the headlines can be quite dramatic. this was not an attack, an attempt to bring the nhs down, it was not an attack to steal patient data. this was an organised criminal attack for large—scale extortion and i think we need to keep it in that perspective. one thing we hear suggested is the actual virus might be leaked, a lea ked actual virus might be leaked, a leaked hacking tool from the american security agency. is that something you have heard? yes, that has been widely reported on all kinds of media. it is worth saying vulnerability to systems are developed all the time, by nations and on the dark side by criminals and on the dark side by criminals and hackers. what is worth bearing in mind with this strain of malware is microsoft thems

they turn to their intelligence structure, gchq, nsa's equivalent. they say you have the preponderance of capability of capability, insight, expertise. we would like you to take a portion and we are going to create this national cybersecurity center. the individual that runs it, a guy i have worked with for a long time is a gchq employee. they decided in their construct they were comfortable with that. for us on the u.s. side, we have always been less quom fort believe with the idea. do you want the military or the intelligence world to be the primary interface with the private sectors. for the u.k. teammates, they are very comfortable. their view is it is about aligning the greatest expertise and capability with the private sector. there is not quite the same baggage or history or tradition. because of that on the u.s. side, we have taken a very fundamental different approach. i'm hope wg this new team coming in, this is an opportunity for us to step back and say to ourselves, are we happy with the way this is working? i agree. i haven't seen your d

don't forget the nsa in america works closely with gchq, which is in term in charge of the national cyberhow long they have known about this threat, whether they should have told microsoft earlier, and whether they should have alerted individual government organisations. i don't think i got a really clear a nswer i don't think i got a really clear answer on that. so lots of different organisations potentially involved in warning about this. when that warning went out in march, who was it who should have alerted the different nhs trusts to this potential problem? different nhs trusts to this potential problem ?” different nhs trusts to this potential problem? i think we have a cultural problem here. we have the fa ct cultural problem here. we have the fact they used to be a big, centralised process for running it in the nhs which was far more localised so you have individual trusts making their own decisions. they may see these warnings, and nhs digital says it sent out a warning in april to it staff. they may see these warnings but they have very fragmented computer systems, with some old

in fact the individual who runs it, the guy i've worked with for a long time, is a gchq employee. they decided in their construct they were comfortable in that. for us on the u.s. side, we have always been less comfortable with the idea, well, do you want the military or do you want the intelligence world to be the primary interface, if you will. our uk teammates are very comfortable with that. their view is it's about aligning the greatest expertise and capability with the private sector, and there isn't quite the same baggage of history or tradition. because of that, on the u.s. side we've taken a very fundamental different approach. i'm hoping with this new team coming in, this is an opportunity for us to step back and say to ourselves, are we happy with the way this is working? i agree, i haven't seen your diagram, but you've heard me say for a long time, we've got to simplify the complexity of this structure to the outside world. because if you're in the private sector and you're trying to figure out, so who am i supposed to be dealing with and why this time was it you and th

security agencies have been flying blind despite the huge amount of money spent on gchq here in the uk, spent on the nsa in the united states. the case of the brussels attack, they were actually able to record audiotapes and then it appears send those audiotapes, audio briefings over the internet using the encrypted apz apps giving them feedback about their planning, even able to get precise bomb making guidance from isis handlers in syria. there's an umbilical cord when it comes to at tacks. that was seen in garland, texas, as well. >> paul, we will come back to you. we are four plus hours from the detonation of this device. law enforcement looking at this as a possible suicide attack. on the phone is joe who was at the concert. joe, thanks for talking with us. tell me what you saw and heard. >> so about two or maybe three minutes after the concert finished and ariana left the stage and people started to leave the seats to leave the arena and there was a really loud explosion. a really loud sound that turned out to be the explosion. lots of people came running back in to get away from

officers on the streets, but also they say today 1000 extra security service personnel, m15, m16, gchqtives are questioning how they will pay for it. all of this against the backdrop of narrowing opinion polls. labour examples today just six points behind. thank you. the snp will today outline what it describes as a responsible plan for billions of pounds in extra public spending across the uk over the next five years. snp leader nicola sturgeon says the proposals would help the economy grow and safeguard public services. the party will release its plans in detail when it publishes its manifesto on tuesday. british airways says it hopes to restore some normality to its services today, after yesterday's catastrophic computer failure left thousands of passengers around the world stranded. the airline says the it problems were caused by a power failure. 0ur reporter sara smith is near heathrow for us this morning. sara what's the latest? just bring us up—to—date with when things might get back to normality. ea says another it services have been resumed, so they're going to be able to put

which has been done by the national cyber security centre and its predecessor, different parts of gchqify five basic activities that ought to be done to everybody‘s systems, almost at a level that people could do at home, which will protect people from 80% of these low—level automated attacks. it is a bit like having a garden fence, it doesn't stop people climbing over but at least you have the opportunity just climbing over but at least you have the opportunityjust concentrating on those people who have the audacity to do that bad stuff, whereas most people go around. and those five basic requirements, are there some trusts in england that simply don't fulfil those basic requirements? it would certainly seem to be the case that that is so and there is certainly a mismatch across the public sector in general. there is a system of demanding that suppliers now comply with this, but it is much more of an organisational standard, rather than as standard for the products which are supplied into the actual parts of the nhs, for example. so as a result, you got the nhs or certain government p

, want 1000 extra security officials formis, m16, want 1000 extra security officials for m15, m16, gchqthis is on the agenda now. matt, thanks very much. matt cole. the snp will today outline what it describes as a responsible plan for billions of pounds in extra public spending across the uk over the next five years. snp leader nicola sturgeon says the proposals would help the economy grow and safeguard public services. the party will release its plans in detail when it publishes its manifesto on tuesday. british airways says that says it hopes to restore some normality to its services today, after yesterday's catastrophic computer failure left thousands of passengers around the world stranded. the airline says the it problems were caused by a powerfailure. 0ur reporter sara smith is near heathrow for us this morning. how do they begin to sort this out and get passengers back in the air ain? they say some of their it systems have now returned, so today at gatwick they're going back to near normal services. here at heathrow they say the majority of flights should be going up and we have

for additional 1900 more officers form15, mi6 and for additional 1900 more officers for m15, mi6 and gchqrd in terms of our investment in counterterrorism and cyber crime that will pay dividends in the future. 3500 people under surveillance by m15 who have had marked success in foiling several terrorist attacks since the london attack, and of course there is adequate resourcing. the knee jerk reaction is to say we need more police officers and, yes, we do, but we need more investment in our intelligence services whatever the re cord intelligence services whatever the record the conservatives assert. the keyword at community level has to be integration. this is why my party has had some concerns over the prevent strategy which is directed from above them into communities rather than actively involving people on the ground in that integrated approach. i was government whip for northern ireland a generation ago, i know what it's like to live with being a terrorist target, different kind of terrorism from the one that we face today. a very small number of people can cause an enormous amount o

i have been briefed by the gchq and the national cyber security centre and according to our latest intelligenced there are things that you can do, every one of us can do to protect ourselves against them. in particular making sure that our data is properly backed up and making sure that we are using the software patches, the antivirus patches that are sent out regularly by manufacturers. these are things that we can all do to the of the impact that we have seen over the last 48 hours. jeremy hunt talking about the importance of operating systems. nhs digital dead seeing did release a targeted update to a secure portal accessible by nhs staff on the 25th of april and then a bulletin on the 27th of april to alert them to the specific issue. the alerts included a patch to protect their systems. he also spoke about the importance of backing up information. it is not clear what the situation is with that in the various nhs trusts that have been affected. the national crime agency says there's no second sign of the attack. 11 nhs trusts in england remain affected. the conservatives promise to expand

question about the investigatory powers act and the intelligence community, yes, we would maintain gchq the authorities want to investigate streams of e—mails or whatever else, they have to get legal backing to be able to do it. we don't want to create a surveillance society, whether those untrammelled power of interference into the lives of the individual. thanks for your point about handholding. obviously, he labour government would meet with president trump and would have discussions with him. you lose the point about north korea. i am very clear that nuclear non—proliferation treaty is important and must be made to work, but there are a number of nuclear armed countries that don't have membership of the treaty, north korea being one of them. six party talks were making a great deal of progress. the only be forwarded the crisis in the relationship between the united states and cordelia, has to bea the united states and cordelia, has to be a resumption of the six party talks, as to be encouraging and thanking china for what it has done so far in trying to defuse tensions and also work

tonight a former hacker, a former gchq boss, and the chair of the gps council are here.hat's it like for one of the rising young stars of the labour party, who's not a corbyn fan, selling the manifesto on the doorstep? i think it does make it easier when you have some clear lines in the sand between you and the other side. so, yeah, i think it will make it easier, actually, having the manifesto. missing in general election action... we go in search of one of the most senior figures in theresa may's cabinet, to try to find out if she's been sidelined. where is andrea leadsom? andrea! andrea leadsom! andrea leadsom, secretary of state for what used to be called ag and fish. andrea leadsom, are you here? and — caitlyn jenner, who before she transitioned from bruce, was feted as one of the most famous athletes in the world, talks about her long and difficultjourney to womanhood. it takes a while, time, not two years in, to kind of leave bruce behind, because he is still in there. good evening — as we go on air the extent of the international ransomware cyber hack on 70 count