The Zeitungslag Riese Lee Enterprises said that a persistent cyber attack caused disorders in its business and is now in the third week of the failures.
In a submission to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Lee said that they carried out a forensic analysis to determine whether sensitive or personal data were stolen in the cyber attack.
“Preliminary investigations show that threats are illegally accessed to the company’s network, encrypted critical applications and initiate certain files,” said Lee In his submissiondescribe the incident as Ransomware attack.
Lee said that the failures would take a few weeks more weeks because the company restores the systems concerned. The company said that law enforcement had announced.
“The incident affected the company’s business, including the distribution of products, billing, collections and supplier payments. The distribution of pressure publications in our product portfolio experienced delays and online operations were partly limited, ”said the company in the submission.
Tracy Rouch, a Lee Enterprises spokesman, gave no request for a comment on Tuesday.
Lee is one of the largest newspaper publishers in the United States and offers 72 publications across the country publication and website services.
Lee notified the media concerned on February 3 on February 3 According to an e -e -mail, which was sent by Kevin Mowbray, the Techcrunch, by Techcrunch by Lee Ceo Kevin Mowbray that Techcrunch has seen, was one of his data centers in which it is used by Lee and its customers, including its services for the Payment of subscribers, “down”.
Lee later said that his customers could not register or access important business applications.
Several publications in the possession of Lee still reports in their regular newspapers. The Winston-Salem journal, which dealt with North Carolina, said The disorders prevented it from printing several editionsWhile two newspapers based in Oregon in Oregon, Albany Democrat-Herald and Corvallis Gazette-Times had Similar problems prevent publication From at least two editions to the weekend.
Other LEE publications indicate website messages that you have currently waited in some services, which can temporarily influence access to subscription accounts and the e-edition “.
The freedom of the Press Foundation has A current list of those affected sales outlets.
Lee said that the incident “reasonably” has an impact on the company’s financial results.
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