- Lee Enterprises confirms a cyber attack
- He was forced to draw parts of his offline IT infrastructure
- The printing of many newspapers has been disrupted accordingly
The American media giant Lee Enterprises suffered a cyber attack which forced him to draw parts of his offline computer infrastructure – which means that dozens of newspapers and media in the United States could not operate normally.
In a new form 10-q recently filed with the Securities and Exchange American Commission (SEC), the company said that it had suffered a data violation that affected the operations.
“On February 3, 2025, the company experienced a failure of technology due to a cyber-incident affecting certain commercial applications, resulting in operational disruption,” he said in the file. “The company actively studies the incident, implementing recovery measures and assesses the potential impact on its operations, its financial situation and its internal controls.”
No material impact (still)
Lee Enterprises did not share more details on the attack, and he did not want to discuss it with the media.
Since the company has served more than 70 media across the States, many have been affected by the attack, Techcrunch Reports. Among them are the post-discreet and Casper Star-Tribune. The latter, for example, said that “many Lee newspapers were initially unable to create pages and publish, although the company worked to print and put problems.”
The publication also obtained a copy of a letter sent by the company to its employees, in which it was said that a data center hosting applications and services was offline, drawing systems for subscribers services .
There is not yet a calendar for recovery, but Lee declared in the dry file that the attack had not had a considerable impact on the company. “However, the evaluation remains in progress,” he added.
Although it is not a rule, a company is generally forced to close its IT infrastructure during a ransomware attack. These attacks also often cause data theft and extortion attempts. We expect more details in the coming weeks.
