The Guardian has been hit by a suspected ransomware attack across its offices, prompting the media group to tell staff to work from home this week and avoid accessing shared network
The suspected attack has debilitated the Guardian’s internal networks, knocking out wifi access in buildings and access to shared corporate services and financial systems.The note to staff earlier in the day had asked staff to “please work from home today” in order to “minimise disruption”. “Do not come to our offices to work unless you are specifically asked to do so,” the note said. “Please do not use VPN to log on to any systems.
Ransomware attacks on corporations were increasingly prevalent throughout 2020 and 2021, in part because the move to remote working has left IT systems more vulnerable to hackers.
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