Ransomware hitting many kinds of targets. First I had seen of anewspaper.
Guardian newspaper hit by suspected ransomware attack
Published, 21 December 2022, By Tom Singleton, Technology team in the BBC
The Guardian newspaper has come under a suspected ransomware attack.
It said there had been a "serious incident" affecting its IT systems in the last 24 hours, with disruption to "behind the scenes services". The company said it was continuing to publish globally to its website - one of the most visited news sites in the world - and was "confident" it could still print the physical paper.
Staff have been told not to go into the office and to work from home.
In a statement, the Guardian said: "Our technology teams have been working to deal with all aspects of this incident, with the vast majority of our staff able to work from home as we did during the pandemic.
"We believe this to be a ransomware attack, but are continuing to consider all possibilities." Ransomware is malicious software used by hackers - and often sent via attachments in emails - to gain access to an organisation's or individual's computer systems.
The criminals then find and encrypt important or sensitive files - and demand a ransom for them to be unlocked. ... '
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