- Lee Enterprises confirms that he suffers a cyber attack
- He was forced to take parts of his off -line infrastructure
- The impression of many newspapers was interrupted as a result
The American media giant Lee Enterprises has suffered a cyber attack that forced him to extract parts of his infrastructure of IT without connection, which means that dozens of newspapers and media throughout the United States could not operate normally.
In a new 10-Q form recently presented to the US stock and values commission. UU. (SEC), the company said it suffered a data violation that affected the operations.
“On February 3, 2025, the company experienced an interruption of technology due to a cyber incident that affects certain commercial applications, which resulted in an operational interruption,” said the presentation. “The company is actively investigating the incident, implementing recovery measures and evaluating the potential impact on its operations, financial condition and internal controls.”
There is no material impact (still)
Lee Enterprises did not share more details about the attack, or wanted to discuss it with the media.
Since the company serves more than 70 media in the states, many were affected by the attack, Techcrunch information. Among them are the T-Tribune after Dispatch and Casper. The latter, for example, said that “many of Lee’s newspapers initially could not build pages and publish, although the company has been working to print and deliver problems.”
The publication also obtained a copy of a letter that the company sent to its employees, in which it was said that a data center that housed applications and services was offline, extracting systems for subscriber services with you.
There is still no timeline for recovery, but Lee said in the presentation of the SEC that the attack did not materially affect the company. “However, the evaluation is still ongoing,” he added.
Although it is not a rule, a company is usually forced to close its IT infrastructure during a ransomware attack. These attacks also often result in data theft and extortion attempts. We expect more details in the coming weeks.
