More than 45,000 attacks of the WannaCry ransomware have been recorded in 74 countries around the world, according to reports, Mirror reported.
Russia was the worst effected country by these cyber attacks, according to security researchers.
In this aspect, the top 20 worst affected included Ukraine, India, Taiwan, China, Romania, Egypt, Iran, Brazil, Spain and Italy.
As regards Russia, around 1,000 computers at the Russian Interior Ministry have been affected by the huge cyber attack.
Tech firm F-Secure said it has received reports from more than 60 countries.
Mikko Hypponen, its chief research officer, described these attacks as “the biggest ransomware outbreak in history”.
Researchers believe a criminal organisation is behind this, given its sophistication.
Kurt Baumgartner, principal security researcher at Kaspersky, pointed out that the malware has translations in dozens of languages.
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