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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The Guardian newspaper has come under a suspected ransomware attack. It said there had been a \u201cserious incident\u201d affecting its IT systems in the last 24 hours, with disruption to \u201cbehind the scenes services\u201d.<\/p>\n

The company said it was continuing to publish globally to its website \u2013 one of the most visited news sites in the world \u2013 and was \u201cconfident\u201d it could still print the physical paper. Staff have been told not to go into the office and to work from home.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the Guardian said: \u201cOur 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe this to be a ransomware attack, but are continuing to consider all possibilities.
\nRansomware is malicious software used by hackers \u2013 and often sent via attachments in emails \u2013 to gain access to an organisation\u2019s or individual\u2019s computer systems. The criminals then find and encrypt important or sensitive files \u2013 and demand a ransom for them to be unlocked.<\/p>\n

A huge range of targets \u2013 from schools and hospitals to government agencies and media organisations \u2013 have fallen victim to ransomware, with research indicating hackers are paid in the majority of cases, especially in the UK.<\/p>\n

According to the Press Gazette, the Guardian is the ninth most-read news site in the world, with almost 390 million visits in November. In its own reporting of the incident, the Guardian said online publishing was \u201clargely unaffected\u201d.<\/p>\n

It said Guardian Media Group chief executive Anna Bateson and editor-in-chief Katharine Viner had sent a message to the company\u2019s workforce. \u201cThank you to everyone working hard throughout this incident to keep us publishing,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to keep our staff and anyone else affected informed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith a few key exceptions, we would like everyone to work from home for the remainder of the week unless we notify you otherwise.<\/p>\n

\u201d Jake Moore, global cyber-security adviser at security software company ESET, said the Guardian being targeted was not a surprise.<\/p>\n

\u201cNews organisations have become a regular target for cyber-attacks this year, and these attacks often have even more damaging effects on the companies targeted,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cRansomware can often bring all departments to a standstill, so it is fortunate that despite this attack the organisation will still see some key areas working as usual.<\/p>\n

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