WANNACRY-LIKE BREACH SPREADING

• The first reports of cyber attacks emerged from Russia and Ukraine

• The impact quickly spread westwards to Romania, the Netherlands, Norway, and UK. Within hours, the attack had gone global

• The latest attacks are said to be a variant of a ransomware family called Petya

• US pharma giant Merck, Russian oil firm Rosneft, UK ad giant WPP and French industrial group Saint-Gobain are among the first affected in the latest attack