Ransomware attack on data firm ION could take days to fix -sources

FILE PHOTO: A man types on a computer keyboard in front of the displayed cyber code in this illustration picture taken on March 1, 2017.REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo

LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) -A ransomware attack that hit ION Trading UK could take days to fix, leaving scores of brokers unable to process derivatives trades, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.

ION Group, the financial data firm's parent company, said in a statement on its website that the attack began on Tuesday.