look at the widespread ra nsomwa re wannacry. it us harm. look at the widespread ransomware wannacry. it shut down public institutions around the world. my guess is rob wainwright head of europol. part of the cyber—criminals steps ahead of the cyber—criminals steps ahead of the 7 rob wainwright, welcome to heart talk. for the last few days you have been somewhat preoccupied with wannacry, this ransomware which has spread across the world. how seriously should we be taking it? spread across the world. how seriously should we be taking mm is one of 200 high profile investigations against cyber crime and including that there has been this trend of these growing threat from ra nsomwa re we this trend of these growing threat from ransomware we have never seen anything from ransomware we have never seen anything on this scale spreading across 150 countries, over 200,000 victims. it is unique characteristic combining ransomware with a wormlike function. another very stark warning to many years that is that we have to many years that is that we have

a computer virus called "wannacry." symantec's ceo gregory clark. >> sometimes it's a email where someone says hey i have mailed you an encrypted spreadsheet type in the password. you type the password in, press run, and the code runs on your machine. >> reporter: then it encrypts a files turning them into gibberish. to get them back the hackers demand $300 in bitcoin. >> we think the number is somewhere around $100,000 primarily because there's problems in the malware that -- in getting that done. >> reporter: it's a hacker gang with ties to north korea and symantec discovered lazarus group's signatures in the "wannacry" code. >> some fragments or snippets or pieces of the technology was definitely linked to a lazarus group who were implicated in the 80-plus million dollars that was taken in a bank heist in bangladesh and the sony pictures thing which definitely has a tie to north korea. >> reporter: although clark is quick to point out that the evidence so far is not conclusive and it could be fake. >> it's like a ban

private sector, with companies like microsoft and developers of our software, in this case with wannacryving them at the table to talk about what are the challenges and what are the dangers? is there room? brad from microsoft came out and said with a suggestion on developing a digital geneva convention. it might not be the perfect analogy of what it's meant to be , but are there ways to take the rules that we have managed to create and form stability between nationstates and apply them in greek -- and get consensus on them used in the cyber domain as well? host: the line for independents, good morning. caller: i've a bachelors in computer science and a wanted to touch on three quick points. perhaps your guests can talk about legacy operating systems and embedded systems and how that might affect this. i was also reading that perhaps the entry point is through emails. perhaps you can speak on whether they are using social engineering such as phishing or something like email's moving -- email spitting. are they using hardware means of fudging encryption? guest: i will take those in order.

well, look at the world—wide spread of the ransomware known as wannacry, which shut down vital computertems in businesses, in public institutions, around the world. my guess is rob wainwright, head of the european police agency, europol. are the cyber—crooks several steps ahead of the cyber cops? hardtalk theme music. rob wainwright, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. for the last few days you have been somewhat preoccupied with wannacry, this ransomware which has spread across the world. how seriously should we be taking it? well, it is one of around 200 high—profile investigations europol is helping to co—ordinate around the globe against cyber crime and including that there has been this trend of this growing threat from ra nsomwa re over the last couple of years, but we have never seen anything on this scale, spreading across 150 countries or more, over 200,000 victims. it is a unique characteristic of combining a ransomware with a wormlike function, which explains why it's spreading around the world. it's a step up in cyber crime activity. another very stark warning to many sectors th

the wannacry virus crippled computers in 150 countries last week, and widespread disruptions are reported throughout asia today. >> the ransomware cyber attack that ravaged europe rolled into asia as workers booted up their computers this morning. in japan, at least 2,000 machines in 600 locations were reportedly hit. the frozen screen warnings were much the same that started here in britain and spread across the globe on friday. employees found their files had been encrypted, no longer readable with hackers demanding $300 in ransom or they'd be destroyed. security analysts say it's the largest cyber crime attack the world has ever seen. >> it spread very, very rapidly, and that is very unusual and very frightening. >> the malware program is called wannacry. it was first uncovered in documents flowing from the u.s. national security agency exposing a vulnerability to microsoft operates systems. patients expecting scheduled operations were turned away. the worldwide attack would have been far worse if not for a pair of cyber security researchers including darian huff from michigan who stum

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after the so-called wannacry attack, a series of followup hits that leveraged the same hole. how much worse can this get? >> it can get pretty worse if companies and organizations don't rush to put security around these files. >> reporter: we reached out to the nsa but got no response. microsoft issued a patch months ago that closed many of the holes being exploited. so why is this stullill a probl? >> the answer is cost. it costs money and resources to secure this information. we're playing catch-up because of how much data and how much complexity and how blind we've been to these kinds of attacks. >> reporter: he says a lot of data under attack was on systems with gaping holes, no security in place, and data that could be accessed by lots of people that just didn't seem important. what does the finance industry need to change? >> they need to change how they think about their files. they need to make sure the very basic controls, the systems that these files sit on, are patched, that nobody can access data that they don't need access to and that everything is monitored. >>

the wannacry ransomware cyber attack has struck around the world.mmitted. as government organisations and businesses world wide clean up after being caught out, attention has now turned to the people responsible. the military regime in pyongyang is assessed to have over 1,000 computer experts working on cyber activities backed by thousands of support staff. california—based software expert symantec are looking into clues that may connect the attack with programs previously attributed to north korea, including code in an earlier version of the wannacry ransomware. last month, the us secretary of home and security, john kelly, told media that a cyber attack from north korea was more likely than a military assault. but there is no hard evidence yet that proves pyongyang originated this attack. across asia, the best assessment is that the impact of the ransomware bug is not as bad as feared. for 12 hours on saturday, petrol stations nationwide could only accept cash, after state—owned oil giant petrochina found internet payment functions had been disabl

you'll never know they'll do what they promised to do anyway. >>> experts warn wannacry may spread as more return to work after the weekend. president trump has ordered homeland security to look into who is responsible for the global cyberattack. >> microsoft says homeland security may not have to look very far. the company's president says the code to exploit the flaw was developed by the national security agency and then leaked to the public. he says nsa should have worked with microsoft to fix the problem rather than stockpiling the code for its own purposes. he says a leak was inevitable. >>> north korea is prompting new concerns over its latest missile launch. that country claims it has a long-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. leader kim jong-un is seen in new pictures celebrating the successful launch. he's quoted in state media as calling it the most perfect weapon system in the world. kim says he will use it to target the u.s. if provoked. it flew for 30 minutes and traveled about 500 miles before landing in the sea of japan. >> it's the first time we've see

reuters reports researchers found evidence that some of the software in the so-called wannacry viruslso appeared in programs run by a north korean hacking operation. meg oliver has more. >> reporter: the ransomware cyber attack spread to asia monday. officials in india reported isolated disruptions. in indonesia, the malware forced hospitals to cancel appointments, leaving patients waiting. in britain, the national health service was still trying to fix some of the i.t. problems after the virus crippled the system friday, but officials are hopeful. >> we have not seen a second wave of attacks, so i think that is encouraging. >> reporter: the malware program is called wannacry, and it exposed a vulnerability to microsoft operating systems. the virus encrypts files and hackers demand $300 to decode the files or destroy them. more than 200,000 users in over 150 countries have been affected. carmaker re-naud kept one of its french plants closed monday as a security step. u.s. security experts say the u.s. did not get hit as hard as other countries because the u.s. uses up-to-date version

that "wannacry" cyber movement going after computers across the globe, 150 countries might have northrean roots. tracee carrasco with that. what are you hearing? reporter: neil, cybersecurity experts say initial digital clues point to north korea in that hack that locked computers in britain's hospital network, germany's national railway and many other companies. parts of "wannacry" ransom wear used psalm code as malware previously distributed by a north korea linked hacking group. researchers found similarity in the cyber attacks against polish banks in february, bangladesh central bank hack in 2016, and sony pictures entertainment hack in 2014. another possible clue, digital use of bitcoin. hackers demanded 300 to 600 in bitcoin. estimated $50,000 were paid out. those who paid did not recover their systems. in total 300,000 systems were affected in more than one 50 countries around the world. experts believe the virus is contained now begins the estimate of how much it cost companies. a silicon valley firm estimated cost of computer down time and loss of productivity due to the cybe

the virus is called wannacry.might have been much worse if not for two young cyber security researchers. one goes by the name malware tech. he noticed every time a virus took over a computer it pinged back to an unregistered website. so he registered the website for about $10. his fellow computer sleuth was watching in michigan, darian huss. >> through that registration of the domain, he activated the kill switch. >> reporter: huss says once an infected computer pinged the newly-registered website, it killed the malware, but he resisted being called a hero. >> their is is kind of what i d a day-to-day basis, so for me it was just another day at the office, i guess. >> reporter: europol is working with the united states government, and two security firms are looking into technical clues that north korea may be behind the attack. >>> microsoft is pointing the finger of blame at the u.s. government for the ransom weare attack. john blackstone has that story. >> reporter: at microsoft's campus near seattle, security e

and the gulf news also leads with the the spread of the wannacry ransomware which has infected and locked le figaro, we have emmanuel macron who was sworn in on sunday as france's youngest president — he promised in his first speech to restore his country's global standing. he said france needed to find answers to the great challenges, including migration, terrorism, and climate change. the south china morning post says president xi jinping of china has set out a plan for increased global trade spurred by billions of dollars of infrastructure investment. mr xi outlined the vision for a 21st century silk road to further boost economies in asia. he launched the "belt and road" initiative at a summit in beijing. the telegraph business section, reporting on a forecast made by us academics that petrol cars will vanish from our roads within eight yea rs. vanish from our roads within eight years. there are some nice electric

cybersecurity stocks jumped in the wake of the global wannacry hack attack.any believe north korea is behind it. the next act. a former ceo joins us to talk about his new fund and where he is placing his bets in a bloomberg exclusive. apple hits refresh with a new line of the macbooks set for june. first to our lead. we take a look at the evolving threat landscape in cyberspace. this as president trump discusses highly classified intelligence in a meeting with russian officials last week. the national security adviser says the information the president shared was appropriate, and based on open-source reporting. take a listen to general h.r. mcmaster defending president trump's actions from the white house. >> what the president shared was appropriate. the story combined what was leaked with other information, and insinuated about sources and methods. i wanted to make clear to everybody that the president in no way compromised any sources or methods in the course of the conversation. emily: this is on the heels of a global cyber attack that is causing the inte

courtney efforts to iowa to give you an update today on the ransomware attack that's been known as wannacry. we continue closely monitoring the situation on the clock. the highest levels of the government when bringing all the capabilities to bear on this issue and a working side-by-side with the partners in the private sector and our international partners. i spoke months ago with my counterpart of great britain and learned an update from them that they have the feeling of control over this ransomware event and that as they'r their infected cs can be tied to the fact that their healthcare system so large a network, they are painfully aware that what effect this is a global attack as are we. as of this one is as rich approximate 150 countries and affected more than 300,000 machines. the good news is that the infection rates have slowed over the weekend. we had been concerned about that. last we talked. the ransomware has disrupted telecommunications companies, hospitals and other organizations. the uk national health care service announced 48 of its or positions were affected and that resul

the worldwide ransom attack hitting over the waekdeekend, t malware calling wannacry ransomware demandsayments up to $600. it has reached 200,000 computers. taking advantage of flaws in microsoft's windows systems. and officials say that number is like likely to go today as people head back to work and turn on their computers. it has impacted fedex and among others, germany's rail system, as well as britain's national health service where operations were cancelled. x-rays and patient records became unavailable and phones didn't work. it brought it to a halt when a 22-year-old cyber security researcher unintentionally found a so-called kill switch left in the code. his actions may have saved companies and governments millions. the researcher warns there are some concerns. the attackers will realize it has been stopped. they'll change the code and start again. president trump met with his security adviser. >> landon, thank you for that. >> has microsoft done anything? >> they posted a blog post, look, we wants to stop this earlier. >> landon dowdy for us. >>> separate news, united airline

making the "wannacry" attack the most damaging incident involving so-called ransomware ever.igence officials suggest new digital clues, we didn't know this yesterday at this in time, point to north korean hackers as likely suspects. i want to bring in symantec ceo, greg clark. over at symantec, you live, eat and breathe every single day. what do you make of the report that it is north koreans or at least north koreans that are there? you know they didn't do this on their own. it has to be government propelled. >> yeah. this is an interesting case. i think usually the lazarus group that was associated with things linked back to north korea in the past have typically gone after huge sums of money on the, kind of cyber attacks that they're going with here. in this case the ransom dollars are very low which is something that would raise an eyebrow as to this attribution. we absolutely do have linkage from the code itself to tools used by lazarus group in the past but i think there are a few other attributes in this case are interesting and the authorities are definitely working h

wannacry has paralyzed computers in banks and government agencies and factories in 150 countries sinceshed on friday. >>> this morning, president trump is meeting with the turkey's president at the white house. the turkish president is expected to addressed his concerns over the u.s. plan to start arming kurdish forces to battle isis in syria. turkey considers kurdish fighters terrorist. turkey is in a tight -- nato ally. it is the first time the presidents have met face-to- face. >>> let's get you out the door. sal, everyone behaving so far? i know it's early. >> i was talking to chelsea. >> finished talking to chelsea -- >> she is the producer of the 9. there are important conversations to be had there.[ laughter ] >>> you know what? we are talking about the gilroy commute. northbound 101 traffic does look okay if you are driving through gilroy. we are hoping it's going to be a quiet commute for the entire time coming into the area. there have been no major problems on two 280 in getting up to highway 17 earlier, a grass fire here and it was so light that it never did affect traffic.

one security company says some parts of the wannacry ransomware the hackers are using has the same code as the group behind the sony hack three years ago that was blamed on north korea. they say it's possible the code was simply copied. >> it's beyond anything we have seen before. the level of infection in the amount of damage it's inflicting. >> the wannacry virus has paralyzed computers in banks and government agencies and factories in 150 country since it was unleashed on friday. >>> president trump went on twitter this morning, defending sharing information with the russian government. the tweet went like this "i wanted to share with russia at an openly scheduled white house meeting which i have the absolute right to do facts pertaining to terrorism and airline flight safety. humanitarian reasons, plus, i want russia to greatly step up their fight against isis and terrorism. i have been asking director comey and others from the beginning of my administration to find the leakers in the intelligence committee. was quote doug luzader and washington reports of these latest tweets follow

the wannacry virus is expected to spread today as workers begin a new workweek. >>> investigators are trying to determine how a chicago-area hospital became a deadly crime scene. an inmate grabbed a gun and took two nurses hostage. that led to a nearly three-hour standoff with police. abc's eva pilgrim has the details from those on the inside. >> reporter: the search for answers. how a prisoner could terrify a hospital holding nurses hostage. >> subject with a gun, delnor hospital. >> reporter: these images taken from inside the hospital once 21-year-old inmate tywon grabbed a gun from the guard watching him. >> mr. salters was in a hospital room under guard. >> reporter: and new details from the moment the chaos erupted inside. >> i heard a nurse call a code silver. my husband and i were escorted into a bathroom and we were told to get into the bathroom stalls and lock them. >> one of the ultra-sound techs who told us to stay put, turn off all the lights, kind of stay low until further notice. >> reporter: salters taking those two nurses hostage, one getting away. >> offender is head

they discovered the signatures in the "wannacry" code. >> some fragments or snippets or pieces of the technology were definitely linked to a lazarus group who were implicated in the 80 plus million dollars that was taken in a bank heist in bangladesh and the sony pictures thing which has a tie to north korea. >> reporter: clark points out that the evidence so far is inconclusive. it could be fake. >> maybe it's like a bank robber that puts on a fake set of gloves with fingerprints on it leaves fingerprints around to frame someone else. that's definitely a thesis. >> reporter: if you get hacked, don't pay the ransom. >> just like in this case paying the ransom, you may not get your files unlocked. and they may just -- you never hear from them again. >> reporter: if you haven't yet been hacked. >> stop what you're doing and patch this vulnerability. make sure your detection technologies are up to scratch. go do that and then come back and turn the tv back on. >> reporter: in the newsroom, melissa caen, kpix 5. >>> candy with a kick. the state moves to crack down on edible marijuana that

they have found similarities in the code used in "wannacry" attacks to the same malware that was used of poland and budapest and because there are similarities, the word we're hearing is that north korea is behind the "wannacry" attacks. david: wow. >> yet to be definitive, as we know, you can copy, you know, malware is copied by other hackers all the time. it is a simple cut and paste. and you really can't, therefore, attribute it directly to north korea at this time. david: miller newton, we have to have you back. this story is not over. thanks for being here. appreciate it. melissa. melissa: unexpected danger at nursing homes. a bug problem that could put your loved ones in danger. plus when caffeine becomes life-threatening. the truth behind too much caffeine. dr. marc siegel weighs in. that's next. ♪ melissa: breaking news for you now. new details, the media area of the north lawn of the white house has been evacuated. the secret service responding on twitter, quote, secret service responding to an individual who jumped bike rack along the north fence line of pennsylvania avenue.

i think we figured out who the wannacry hacker is.ok at that, right in the background, it's barron trump. the kid's a genius. [ laughter ] sadly the president did not get to go to florida this weekend. he had to stay back to give the commencement speech at liberty university on saturday, where he inspired graduates by marveling at the size of the crowds he's able to draw. >> this is a beautiful stadium. and it is packed. i'm so happy about that. i said how are you going to fill up a place like that? it is packed, jerry. >> jimmy: jerry's his imaginary friend. [ laughter ] donald trump is the only person who can show up at an event where families come to see their children graduate and assume the crowd is there to see him. [ laughter ] but boy, oh boy was the student body fired up to see donald trump. >> but you aren't going to let other people tell you what you believe, especially when you know that you're right. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: wrap it up, orange julius, i've got a graduation party to get bombed out. usually when he speaks to

this wannacry worm as they are calling it hits pcs that run old version of windows, versions microsoft doesn't even support anymore which is what made them vulnerable. mac, don't worry about it, and if you update your software, don't worry about it, but a surprising number of places, important places, still use old software. >> that said, lots of organizations like hospitals run very old computers, and those were exactly the sorts of computers that is were vulnerable to this ransomware worm. >> reporter: the exploit was first discovered and used by the national security agencies which then managed to lose it to hackers. worse, it's just one of many tools the nsa lost in that hack and you're not getting this information back. if it's super, super, super important data the best answer may to be pay the ransom. the actual bad guys are apparently turning over the data because they want money, and if they do bad business, they are not going to get any more people to pay it. so i'm -- you know, that may be your best answer. >> no kidding. >> they are getting the money. >> hope you get a guar

. >>> this follows the malware attack, wannacry. >> reporter: according to the fbi dollars in 2015. flash forward to 2016, they found ransom ware emails spiked 6,000%. this latest attack targeted windows xp. >>> a operating system nearly 16 years old. >> the most important thing is to immediately download this security patch and make sure your system is secure. >> reporter: to protect yourself, keep your security soft ware up to date. back up your data on the cloud or external hard drive. and limit the number of employees who have user control access. but if your computer is held hostage, should you pay the ransom? >> in some cases people have decided they have to pay the ransom because the cost of potentially losing that data forever or not having access to that data is too great. >> reporter: the ransom ware thieves demand payment in electronic bit coin because it's impossible to trace. perhaps the only way to reclaim your digital life. >>> a new round of peace talks between the syrian government and opposition groups is starting up again in switzerland. they say asaud's forces ha

we saw that with wannacry.s is ibm and cisco teaming up to try to get ahead of the hackers. >> cisco and ibm historically have been competitors, maybe you don't think of yourselves that way, but what is the view? you come together and be stronger and play against google, amazon, and microsoft? is that what this is really about? >> it's all about cisco and ibm coming together against the hacker. in cybersecurity we have complimentary portfolios. we have both risen to be two of the largest players in the space. $2 billion portfolio at ibm, grown to 8,000 people. cisco is about the same size. we compliment each other to help defend against hackers. i think it's more about the hackers. these guys are relnt leentless. we saw that with wannacry. >> what is the product? >> we have many capabilities. cisco is defending at the network layer. ibm is analytics and watson with cyber. so now we're integrating them. so we're not trying to sell something new. we're saying when you have one plus one, we want to make sure they

hackers are working through the malwear program wannacry. it exploited vulnerabilities in microsoft windows, at least old versions. fedex and britain's health system are among the victims. >> they said i'm really sorry, but the computer system is down, you're going to have to go away, we can't have any appointments. we can't access any of the files. >> microsoft has announced security fixes for free. >>> reportedly flew more than 400 miles and landed in the sea of japan. this comes as a north korean diplomat says her country would be open to holding talks with the united states under the right conditions. last month, the president was warning of war after a previous missile test. >>> president trump offered advice during a commencement address today at a private christian school. he told graduates to follow their convictions and be ready to face criticism. the speech and developments concerning the fbi. >> i'm thrilled to be back at liberty university. >> reporter: president trump delivered the commencement address at liberty university in v

asia was hard hit yesterday by the wannacry virus after chinese university students were locked out from term pages. germany's railroads were hit and france's renault car factory closed. the ransomware works by freezing the computers encrypting the files. hackers are demanding $300 in ransom to decode them or they would be destroyed. it might have been much worse if not for two young cyber security researchers who were able to activate a kill switch. >> kind of what i do on a day- to-day basis. for me it was just another day at the office. >> cyber security researchers say they are seeing north korea's digital fingerprints on the attack. experts believe it's one of the fastest spreading extortion campaigns on record. >>> hackers have just told disney to pay ransom or watch one of your most hyped movies hit screens online. and soon. reporter elsa ramon pulls back the curtain on cyber crime in hollywood. >> reporter: disney's pirates of the caribbean dead men tell no tales is weeks away from a highly anticipated release and true to captain jack sparrow's swashbuckling ways, several media o

r wannacry mostly hit businesses and businesses are more prevale prevalent. but what do you do if your computer gets hostaged? >> hopefully you've practiced hygiene. hopefully you're keeping it up to date with your patches and you put on anti-virus software on and good backups so god forbid something like that happens you can wipe your computer clean and restore your backups. if you're caught in a situation where you don't have backups, you have a difficult decision to make. >> if you have a lifetime of photos on your computer would you advise someone to go pay the ransom? >> that's it. i wouldn't advise someone to pay the ransom be if you're losing your photos and backups, you may be in a difficult to try to repay it in order to recover it and that's what we're finding with many corporations that they're caught in that situation and they end up paying it in order to get it back. >> you and i were just talking off camera about how common an occurrence these e-mail phishing schemes are. are those still very common? will people find them in their e-mail inbox?

. >> tell me about this particular attack, this wannacry attack. how does fireeye really help with something like this? it seems like security basics, blocking and tackling, do your windows updates. was fireeye e-mail security able to stop eternal blue, stop the phishing attack element of this before it got going? >> yeah. the interesting thing is our e-mail security product does and would protect against this but that's probably one of the most interesting things we are finding in our investigation here. we have yet to find a patient zero and haven't seen spearfishing used in this attack like we normally do. we are used to hearing this starting with well-crafted phishing e-mail. people are getting infected at home, bringing a computer into a clean network where there's a misc misconfigured firewall. lot of blocking and tackling. >> is there something new about this particular wannacry attack that you and your company are paying attention to or is it just a conglomeration of different types of attacks we have seen in the past retro fitted for this

this morning could be a rude awakening around the globe when millions turn on computers and find wannacrym worm. nancy is following it all. tell us more how it could affect markets this morning. >> reporter: affecting computer networks in 150 countries. however, cyber security stocks are rising sharply in the wake of ransomware attack which disrupted factories, hospitals and retailers and is believed to have used technology stolen from the national security agency. >>> meanwhile elon musk revealed his newest business venture is up to. a warning, may cause you to get sick to your stomach. pictures from the boring company who started digging transportation tunnels under los angeles. musk says the tunnels will be earthquake proof but says be careful when watching the video because it may cause motion sickness and even seizures. today is the 20th anniversary of amazon.com's ipo. the stock has surged since. if you made a $10,000 investment back in 1997, it would be worth about $5 million bucks today. however, not many investors have likely stuck it out. amazon stock has suffered declines of at

the front page of the south china morning post includes allegations that the wannacry hackers were probablyre probably from china, hong kong,taiwan or singapore. two weeks ago the virus infected computers in 150 countries. that brings you up to date with the papers. back to our top story now where government troops in the philippines are battling islamist militants to retake the southern city of marawi. let's get more on this then. joining us live from manila is marites vitug. she's the co—author of the book "under the crescent moon" which is about the muslim insurgency on mindanao. thank you forjoining us. first of all, let me ask you, there has been an insurgency on going for decades, often involving foreign fighters. what is new about the current crisis? the newest thing here is that they claim to have pledged allegiance to isis or isil. they wa nt to allegiance to isis or isil. they want to be recognised by isil. i think that is why they are provoking the government. that is why they are launching this high—profile attack on the muslim seat here. how long do you think this whole crisis

it's a worm called wannacry. that takes over users' files, and demands $300. homeland security recommends backing up your data and installing the latest security patch from microsoft. >>> montgomery county public school security guard accused of having a sex with a 14-year-old. he turned himself in last night. works at a middle silver spring. 14-year-old's victim's mother caught him in her daughter's bedroom and call police. he later admitted to having sex several times >> they communicate via text messaging and began to date in late march and had inappropriate contact the her house and his house. >> he worked at high school before he was hired at the middle school in february. the superintendent said he's outraged by the incident and an audit is underway. >>> we now president trump's youngest son will attend a private school in maryland. barren trump will attend st. andrews in potomac this fall. the 11-year-old is currently finishing up a school year at a private institution in new york. he will reportedly be entering the sixth grade. tuition for sixth to eig

researchers say the wannacry ransomware attack that spread globally over the weekend could be linked to north korea. the researcher pointed to similarities between this latest attack and the one that breached sony pictures a few years ago. >>> ahead, ford's signal that it's willing to change in order to jump-start its stalled stock price. >>> a new york county is suing johnson & johnson, perdue pharma and other companies, accusing them of engaging in fraudulent marketing that downplayed the risks of opioid painkillers. the suit alleges the companies downplayed the dangers of misuse. the county claims they incurred costs directly related opioid addiction. j&j noted that its drugs carried fda warning. >>> a "new york times" interview with a former united health care employee, now a whistleblower, says he asserts that there were overcharges to medicare to the tune of thousands of dollars. shares of united health care were off nearly 2%. the company says it rejects the allegations. >>> less than one week after ford executives were grilled about the lackluster performance of the company's

the so-called wannacry ransom virus affects hundreds of thousands of in exploits a flaw in an older version of microsoft windows. many companies and organizations haven't updated their operating systems yet. the bug won't let users access their files unless they pay a fee to the hackers. although it has brought major companies in europe to a standstill few have paid the ransom. >> i think, you know, $20,000, $30,000 worth only i would never recommend you pay a ransom because you're dealing with a bunch of crooks. >> it may spread as more return to work after the weekend. president trump is ordering homeland security to look into who is responsible for the global cyberattack. >>> microsoft says homeland security may not have to look very far. the company's president says the code to exploit the flaw was developed by the national security agency and then leaked to the public. he says nsa should have worked with microsoft to fix the problem rather than stockpiling it for a leak was inevitable. >>> north korea is prompting new concerns over its latest missile launch and claims it has a missile

spectra networks is bearing down for aftershock .the san jose cybersecurity company says even as wannacry fades another attack could be coming. >> the odds of somebody taking advantage of this and unleashing the next ransomware with strong. >> the security companies tell us it's likely a large scale attack that will dwarf the recent ransomware attack. >> for heavens sake patch your system back up your data. if you have backed your data up then at least you know you have minimized the ultimate at a damage it's going to do. >> the the first thing i try to fudge figure out is what happened is what type of attack it in. >> in miranda is ready we caught up had him outside best buy where people say they're buying hard drives to back up trieft data. >> are you doing that. >> of course. of course because if that does happen ransom warthe one thing i can think about it restore data. wipe out the hard drive. restore it. make sure you update to the latest software. good to go. >> good to go at least for now. >> we've seen so many of these cyberattacks recent. insurance companies are selling cyberins

tambien muy duro para tratar de acabar con el tipo de virus conocido como "ramsonware" llamado "wannacryatica "i've had people, sort of inundating me with messages thanking me, saying that i'm a hero. i mean i sort of just registered this domain for tracking. i didn't intend for it to like, sort of blow up and me to be all over the media. i was just sort of doing my job and i don't really think that i'm a hero at all." "la gente me ha inundado con mensajes de agradecimiento, dicen que soy un heroe. yo en realidad solo registre este dominio para darle seguimiento, no lo hice con la intencion de aparecer en todos los medios, solo estaba haciendo mi trabajo, por eso no pienso que soy un heroe, en lo absoluto" mientras tanto disney podria ser una de las mas grandes corporaciones afectadas. segun las declaraciones del director ejecutivo de la compaÑia, una de sus nuevas peliculas fue robada por los piratas que exigen un rescate por la cinta y amenazan con divulgarla por pedazos en internet. mia galuppo / hollywood reporter the speculation to go immediately to the recent features and their big

the front page of the south china morning post includes allegations that the wannacry hackers were probablyy saying the authors are probably from china, are probably from china, hong kong, taiwan or singapore. two weeks ago the virus infected computers in 150 countries. that brings you up to date with the papers. there have been arrests following the bombings in jakarta there have been arrests following the bombings injakarta last week. a dozen people were also injured in the attack which took place at a bus stop in wednesday. what more do we know behind the arrests? the indonesian police are questioning a number of other people. these three people were arrested in raids late last week. they raided the home of a 30—year—old man they believed was one of the suicide bombers. members of his family are also being questioned. police say they found religious material, as well as some basic weapons in the home. now the so—called islamic state, through their news agency, has claimed responsibility for the attack. terrorism experts are warning it is very unlikely it was planned organised outside of

an early version of the wannacry virus was similar to others that came out of north korea. it's possible they copied that earlier code. it hit hundreds of thousands of computers around the world. >>> over in south korea we're hearing reports of a state visit to the u.s. the nation's new president will visit the white house next month amid growing worries over north korea's nuclear arsenal. it comes days after the north successfully tested a new missile that analysts believe could one day reach alaska. >> the u.s. is accusing the syrian government of trying to cover up mass executions. a state department says these photos actually show a crematorium where the detainees that it hangs. as many as 50 people are allegedly hanged each day at a notorious prison outside of damascus. last year they used chemical weapons on civilians. >>> time now for a look at the weather. a major storm system is slowly working its way across the northern u.s. from the pacific coast. residents of oregon, washington and that area in particular should expect a stormy commute this morning. overnight pa

the wears known as wannacry has since spread to banks, russia's interior ministry, banks and federal express in the united states. >> it's not a sophisticated attack. seen much more complex things before. the use of a worm to propagate through systems. >> the ransomware spreads very quickly throughout an organization's network locking computers, encrypting files and demanding $300 in bey coin to unlock them. helped slow down the attack is warning users to update their computers fast saying it's only a matter of time before the cyber thieves get around that kill switch. kelly cobiella. nbc news. london. >>> a more detail on that blogger, a 22-year-old security engineer in the u.s. goes by the name malware tech and is getting widespread praise for saving the day. the engineer may have saved companies and governments millions and millions of dollars and slow the outbreak before the computer in the u.s. were more widely affected. to learn more about how he did it open our nbc washington app and search cyber attack. >>> a young woman from manassas died in a shooting this morning on i-95.

new analysis suggests chinese—speaking criminals may have been behind the wannacry ransomware that affecteddwide. researchers say the language used in the ransom notice indicates the writer was "native or at least fluent" in chinese. singapore has fined two banks over the 1mdb scandal following a two year review by financial regulators. malaysia's 1mdb fund is at the centre of money—laundering investigations in at least six countries. mariko oi is in singapore. we have talked about this a lot but this is just the latest episode, isn't it? indeed, we have been talking about 1mdb for several years now. it is basically malaysia's offer an world fund, set up in 2009 by the country's prime minister. it was meant to turn the capital kuala lumpur intoa was meant to turn the capital kuala lumpur into a financial hub, but instead it started to get negative attention when the wall street journal reported four years ago that some $700 million were transferred from the 1mdb to the personal bank account of the prime minister. he denies any wrongdoing, but that triggered investigations in at least half a