Ransomeware attack cripples hospitals in Victoria

The South Korean internet agency monitors the global cyber attack

The US says other governments concur that North Korea was behind the WannaCry global cyber attack in 2017. Source: AAP

The Victorian Government is investigating the scale of a ransomware attack on some of the state's major regional hospitals that has forced them to go offline.


An interview in Arabic with IT expert Bilal Ali. 


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