New cyber attack affecting banking, shipping, airports and more

An engineer checks live cyber threat maps and statistics in Istanbul, Turkey

An engineer checks live cyber threat maps and statistics in Istanbul, Turkey Source: AAP

Computer servers around the world have again been hit by hackers, with organisations including oil companies and banks the first to feel the impact. It comes just days after an attempted cyber-attack on British politicians, while a month earlier, so-called "ransomware" infiltrated global systems. Andrea Nierhoff reports.



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