The ransomware attack looks like WannaCry, which took out organisations around the world. A massive cyberattack is spreading around the world right now, with companies telling employees to go home as their machines are hit by malicious software.
Here are the companies and organisations impacted so far:
Advertising giant WPP
Government departments in Ukraine
Dutch logistics firm Maersk
Kiev airport
Russian oil firm Rosneft
Mondelez, the confectionary firm which owns Cadbury, has also reported IT issues
The Madrid office of law firm DLA Piper
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Source: Pulse Nigeria