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Huge Cyber-Attack on Ukraine Goes Global
Multi-national companies and transport hubs have been affected by malicious software
A major cyber-attack has struck around the world hitting multi-national companies, transport hubs and even the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. It was in Ukraine, home to Chernobyl, that the news of the malicious software first broke.
Also in the programme: Fifa releases 'corruption' bid report, and The Philippine House of Representatives has approved a bill making enthusiastic singing of the national anthem compulsory.
Picture: Ransomware infects a computer. Credit: Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images.
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