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Trump ordered emergency meeting after global cyber attack

Senior security staff held another meeting in the White House Situation Room on Saturday

Reuters May 15, 2017 Less than a minute read

tom bossert homeland security advisor to president trump announces that trump today signed an executive order to bolster the government 039 s cyber security and protect the nation 039 s critical infrastructure from cyber attacks during a news briefing at the white house photo reuters

Tom Bossert, Homeland Security Advisor to President Trump, announces that Trump today signed an executive order to bolster the government's cyber security and protect the nation's critical infrastructure from cyber attacks, during a news briefing at the White House. PHOTO: REUTERS

US President Donald Trump ordered his homeland security adviser, Tom Bossert, to hold an emergency meeting Friday night to assess the threat posed by a global computer ransomware attack in at least 150 countries, a senior administration official told Reuters.

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Senior security staff held another meeting in the White House Situation Room on Saturday, and the FBI and National Security Agency were trying to identify the perpetrators of the massive cyber attack, said the official, who spoke on condition on anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.