#Leicestershire cyber expert @stormsecuk tells Capital we're better prepared for ransomware attacks after the NHS was hit last month

IT systems around the world have been hit by a ransomware cyber attack, similar to the one used on the NHS last month.

Ukraine has been badly affected, along with a US hospital, the owner of Cadbury and British advertising company WPP.

Security expert Craig Barber, from Ashby de la Zouch, has told Capital the UK may have learned from the attack which hit the NHS in May: