Irish and UK IT systems among those hit by global cyber attack

Update 8:11pm: Shipping group Maersk has been affected by the ongoing global cyber attack as its computer systems failed across multiple regions, including Ireland and the UK.

• A highly virulent outbreak of malicious data-scrambling software caused mass disruption across Europe
• The National Cyber Security Centre said there was a "global ransomware incident"
• The hack has hit numerous business and government offices
• The latest attack comes just weeks after ransomware downed systems across the globe
• There is little information about who might be behind the disruption
• Cybersecurity experts rapidly zeroed in on a form of ransomware
• The current ransomware is known as GoldenEye or Petya