The British daily management explains to suspect a ransomiciel, these viruses designed to paralyze the computer network of their targets.
by mo12345lemonde.fr
One of the biggest British daily newspapers, The Guardian, suffered a “serious computer incident” and suspects a ransomical attack. In an article posted on Wednesday December 21, the company explains that the incident started in the night and assures that the newspaper thinks he can continue to publish too well its paper edition only on its site.
“With a few exceptions, we would like everyone to work from home for the rest of the week, unless we give you new instructions,” said the newspaper management in a message addressed to the teams and reported by The Guardian. An internal e-mail, quoted by the specialized media The Record , also mentions problems affecting the VPN (Virtual Private Network, a remote connection tool) of the company .
The management of the group said to suspect a ransomiciel attack, these viruses designed to paralyze the computer network of their victims, but specifies consider “again all the possibilities”.
In November 2020, it was the daily Ouest-France that had been struck by a cyber attack. The latter had put the company on alert, had constrained it to temporarily cut access to the Internet network to its employees and seriously disturbed the operation of the newspaper . The attack had been claimed by the Egregor group, specializing in ransomiciel, and targeted by a police operation a few months later.