A cyber attack dubbed “Petya” took root in Ukraine on Tuesday and is spreading across the world in what appears to be a repeat of the recent WannaCry malware attack — but “without the kill switch that saved us last time,” New York City-based cyber security firm Carbon Dynamics told CMSWire. Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman called the scale of the attack “unprecedented,” while Britain’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) announced they are “monitoring the situation closely.” Images and videos surfacing online show the ransomware in action as it takes files and devices hostage.

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