Unknown attacks The Guardian
Incident Date:
December 20, 2022
Overview
Title
Unknown attacks The Guardian
Victim
The Guardian
Attacker
Unknown
Location
First Reported
December 20, 2022
Ransomware Attack Hits The Guardian
An unknown ransomware group has attacked The Guardian. The incident reportedly began on December 20th, 2022, and affected company infrastructure, forcing staff to work from home. Online publishing was largely unaffected.
Official Statement from The Guardian
In a statement to staff, the Guardian Media Group Executive, Anna Bateson, and Editor-in-Chief, Katharine Viner, said: “As everyone knows, there has been a serious incident which has affected our IT network and systems in the last 24 hours. 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. 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 will continue to keep our staff and anyone else affected informed. We will update everyone again at the end of the day. With a few key exceptions we would like everyone to work from home for the remainder of the week unless we notify you otherwise.
“Thank you to everyone working hard throughout this incident to keep us publishing, looking after our readers, supporters and advertisers, and to keep our core systems available for colleagues.”
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