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The Wanna Decryptor ransomware, also known as WannaCry, has claimed more than 200,000 victims since Friday and was expected to infect thousands more as the world returned to work today.

The NHS was one of the worst affected organisations, with a major incident declared and more than 40 hospitals infected.

Microsoft has issued a warning to world governments about the way that they “stockpile vulnerabilities”, while Europol has said that “we are in the face of an escalating threat”.

Here is the latest news and live updates on the global cyber attack. The NHS is one of many organisations hit by the cyber attack

Monday May 15

10pm: Cyber firms Symantec and Kaspersky say they are looking into technical clues that suggest the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group may be behind the global cyber attack.

US investigations will focus on identifying if the attack was launched by cyber criminals or a foreign nation state.

Authorities in Europe and the US have also turned their attention to preventing hackers from spreading new versions of the virus.

The countries most affected by the WannaCry ransomware are Russia, Taiwan, the Ukraine and India, according to reports from Czech security firm Avast.

Stocks of cyber security companies have surged, as investors bet on governments and corporations spending money in an effort to upgrade their defence systems.

9pm: The White House has confirmed that less than $70,000 (£54,275) had been paid in ransom - although it was not aware of any instances in which a payment had led to the recovery of any data.

Speaking to reporters during a regular White House briefing, Tom Bossert - President Trump's homeland security adviser - said that about 150 countries had been affected by the attack and more than 300,000 machines infected - one of the fastest-spreading campaigns in history.

6pm: According to Home Secretary Amber Rudd, most patients saw no change to hospital services on Monday and all local doctors' surgeries opened as normal.

Speaking to the BBC, she said: "The vast majority of patients have noticed no difference," Rudd told BBC television, describing the work of Britain's National Health Service over the weekend as "heroic".

Ms Rudd added: "The reason why so many patients have been unaffected today is because they were ready for this, they had staff who came in over the weekend to make sure patients were unaffected."

She went on to say that only two NHS trusts were still suffering from the impact of the attack on Monday, compared to 47 on Friday.

4pm: Britain's National Crime Agency said it had not seen a second round of ransomware cyber attacks on Monday as feared.

NCA Director General Lynne Owens said: “As things stand, there is no indication of a second surge of cases here in the UK.

“But that doesn’t mean there won’t be one. We’re trawling through huge amounts of data associated with the attack and identifying patterns.”

She said investigators are 'working round the clock' to secure evidence and had begun to forensically analyse a number of infected computers.

3.50pm: Weeks ago, NHS trusts were sent details of a security patch that would have prevented systems from being infected by the WannaCry ransomware, it has emerged.

NHS Digital issued a targeted update on a secure portal accessible to NHS staff on April 25 and sent out a bulletin to IT and security professionals two days later.

3.20pm: Professor John Walker, an expert in internet security at Nottingham Trent University, has said that there are “no guarantees” that data will be returned to those that have been hacked.

He said: "This matter is as serious as it gets, and as such there can be 'no' guarantees that data has been not subject to compromise.

2.30pm: The National Cyber Security Centre’s chief executive Ciaran Martin has said that there have been no new cases of the WannaCry ransomware attack.

"Across the globe, events today have been at the lower end of our expectations," he told BBC Radio 4.

"Presently we're not confirming any new cases arising from Friday's attack, we're continuing to investigate a small number of potential cases, but there is nothing new to report."

Not sure if you are at risk from the cyber attack? Express.co.uk has put together a guide on how to protect your computer, and what to do if you have been hacked.

1.20pm: Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has told the BBC that UK intelligence services have not found any evidence of a second wave of cyber attacks.

He added: "The level of criminal activity is at the lower end of the range we had anticipated. I think that is encouraging."

The National Crime Agency tweeted: "We haven't seen a second spike in #WannaCry #ransomware attacks, but that doesn't mean there won't be one.”

12.30pm: Daren Oliver, managing director at London IT specialists Fitzrovia, said: "It was only a matter of time before an unprecedented cyber attack of this scale took place.

“The issue isn’t necessarily complacency amongst businesses, but lack of awareness, levels of investment to protect systems and regular reviews of cybersecurity policies and procedures. Simply updating software is not enough.

"If a company finds they have fallen victim to a cyberattack they should switch off their computers and inform an IT professional immediately.”

12.15pm: US cybersecurity companies are set to see rises on the stock markets today in light of the ransomware cyber attack.

Shares in Cisco and FireEye are called around two per cent higher in premarket trade, and Symantec is up around 1.6 per cent.

In London, shares in Sophos are up by 7.6 per cent, hitting a new record high.

11.10am: Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that the US indirectly caused the ransomware cyber attack by creating the hack in the first place.

"Malware created by intelligence agencies can backfire on its creators,” he told reporters in Beijing, adding that Russia had “nothing to do” with the attack.

Putin said that the attack has not caused any significant damage to his country, however security firm Kapersky has suggested that Russia has been one of the worst hit.

Meanwhile, Jeremy Hunt has refused to answer questions about NHS cybersecurity as he left his house this morning.

The Health Secretary has been accused of “hiding” by Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron after failing to make any public statements on the crisis.


10am: Europol has said that the cyber attack will “continue to grow” in both public and private sectors.

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released a new advisory on how to tell if your computer is affected by ransomware and what to do if it is.

Microsoft has issued a warning to world governments about the way many store information on security flaws.

“This attack provides yet another example of why the stockpiling of vulnerabilities by governments is such a problem. This is an emerging pattern in 2017,” Microsoft president and chief legal officer Brad Smith said.

The attack should be seen as a “wake-up” call, Mr Smith added.

“The governments of the world need to take a different approach and adhere in cyberspace to the same rules applied to weapons in the physical world.”

Mr Smith stressed the importance of customers updating their systems, mentioned that Windows had released a security update in March that many have not upgraded to.