An International Cyberattack Has Disabled WPP's Computer Network

The virus targeting Ukraine also took down Russia's Rosneft, Denmark's Maersk

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A massive cyberattack purportedly designed to take down the Ukrainian government has also affected “several” agencies across the WPP network this morning.

At the moment, WPP offices around the world have no access to internal Wi-Fi, and email systems are facing significant outages. The company’s website is also currently down.

The holding group’s official Twitter and Facebook accounts released a statement this morning.

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