The Guardian confirms their systems were hit by ransomware attack

The Guardian, whose media editor was first to report the incident, said that the incident began late on Tuesday and has affected parts of the company’s IT infrastructure

PGurus Newsdesk

December 22, 2022

The Guardian, whose media editor was first to report the incident, said that the incident began late on Tuesday and has affected parts of the company’s IT infrastructure

UK-based newspaper The Guardian says it’s been hit by ransomware

On Wednesday UK-based leading newspaper, ‘The Guardian’ confirmed its systems have been hit by a “serious IT incident,” which appears to be a ransomware attack. The publication said the cyber-attack began late on Tuesday and affected parts of the company’s IT infrastructure.

“Online publishing is largely unaffected, with stories continuing to be written and published to The Guardian website and app,” wrote the media editor at the publication.

Guardian Media Group Chief Executive Anna Bateson and Editor-in-Chief Katharine Viner said in a note to employees that “We believe this to be a ransomware attack but are continuing to consider all possibilities.”

“We are continuing to publish globally to our website and apps and although some of our internal systems are affected, we are confident we will be able to publish in print tomorrow,” they told the employees.

The publication said that with a few key exceptions, “we would like everyone to work from home for the remainder of the week unless we notify you otherwise”.

This is not the first cyber-attack on media. Earlier, in September, hackers breached the internal systems of the US business publication Fast Company. In October, The New York Post also confirmed that it was hacked.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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