The Giant of the newspaper Lee Enterprises said that a continuing cyberspace is causing disorders in its activities and is now in the third week of vacation.
In a deposition with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Lee said he was conducting a forensic analysis to determine whether sensitive or personal data were stolen in Cyberettack.
“Preliminary investigations suggest that threat actors have access to the company’s network. Critical Critical Applications and angered some files,” Lee said In his depositiondescribing the incident as a ransomware attack.
Lee said he expects the holidays to last for several weeks as the company restores the affected systems. The company said it had notified law enforcement.
“The incident influenced the company’s activities, including distribution of products, billing, collections and suppliers’ collections. The distribution of printing versions throughout the portfolio of products facing delays and online functions were partly limited.” The company in the deposit.
Tracy Rouch, a spokesman for Lee Enterprises, did not immediately return the request for comments on Tuesday.
Lee is one of the largest newspaper publishers in the United States and provides publication and sites in 72 publications across the country.
Lee informed the affected media on 3 February that one of his data centers that hosts applications and services used by Lee and his clients, including his subscribers’ services, was “down”, according to electronic Post Office sent by Lee Kevin Mowbray’s CEO, he has seen.
Lee later stated that his clients were unable to connect or access basic business applications.
Several versions of Lee still report the disorder in regular news printing companies. Winston-Salem magazine, covering North Carolina, said Disorders prevented him from printing several versionsενώ δύο εφημερίδες με έδρα το Όρεγκον, το Albany Democrat-Herald και το Corvallis Gazette-Times, είχαν, είχαν Similar issues that prevent publication from at least two versions to the weekend.
Other versions of Lee present website messages that “undergo maintenance in certain services, which may temporarily affect access to subscription accounts and electronic version”.
Has the freedom of the press A current list of affected stores.
Lee said the incident is “reasonably likely” to have a substantial impact on the financial results of the company.
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