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   Newspaper printing across US hit after Lee Enterprises says cybersecurity   
   event disrupted operations   
      
   Date:   
   Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:02:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Investigation into cyberattack is ongoing, the company confirmed.   
      
   FULL STORY   
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    - Lee Enterprises confirms suffering a cyberattack   
    - It was forced to pull parts of its IT infrastructure offline   
    - Printing of many newspapers were disrupted as a result   
      
   American media giant Lee Enterprises has suffered a cyberattack which forced   
   it to pull parts of its IT infrastructure offline - meaning dozens of   
   newspapers and media outlets across the United States could not operate   
   normally.    
      
   In a new 10-Q form filed recently with the US Securities and Exchange   
   Commission (SEC) the company said that it suffered a data breach that    
   affected operations.    
      
   On February 3, 2025, the company experienced a technology outage due to a   
   cyber incident affecting certain business applications, resulting in an   
   operational disruption, it was said in the filing. The company is actively   
   investigating the incident, implementing recovery measures, and assessing the   
   potential impact on its operations, financial condition, and internal   
   controls.   
      
   No material impact (yet)    
      
   Lee Enterprises did not share further details about the attack, nor did it   
   want to discuss it with the media.    
      
   Since the company services more than 70 media outlets across the States, many   
   were affected by the attack, TechCrunch reports. Among them are the   
   Post-Dispatch and Casper Star-Tribune. The latter, for example, said many of   
   Lees newspapers initially were not able to build pages and publish, though    
   the company has been working to print and deliver back issues.    
      
   The publication also obtained a copy of a letter the company sent to its   
   employees, in which it was said that a data center hosting applications and   
   services was offline, pulling systems for subscriber services with it.    
      
   There is no timeline for recovery just yet, but Lee said in the SEC filing   
   that the attack did not impact the firm materially. However, the evaluation   
   remains ongoing, it added.    
      
   Although not a rule, generally a company is forced to shut down its IT   
   infrastructure during a ransomware attack. These attacks also often result in   
   data theft and extortion attempts. We expect further details in the coming   
   weeks.   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/newspaper-printing-across-us-hit-after-   
   lee-enterprises-says-cybersecurity-event-disrupted-operations   
      
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