The Guardian has been hacked most likely a ransomware. In such incidents the hacker takes control and then make demands to restore the accounts. These demands are made to make payment in crypto generally.
There have been growing targets on Media organizations across the globe by hackers, mostly fuelled by criminals and nation states. This happened on Tuesday and majority of the staffs has been asked to work remotely. The online publish remains unaffected largely, however, print has been stopped as for today.
The Guardian Media Group chief executive, Anna Bateson, and the editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, told staff that they are also considering the possibility of it being something else than a ransomware attack. “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.”
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