The newspapers throughout the country owned by the Media Lee Enterprises company have not been able to print, had problems with their websites and published smaller problems after a computer attack last week, said the company.
In a declaration sent via email on Sunday, Lee Enterprises said that the company was facing interruptions of its daily operations due to a “IT security event” and that he had informed the police.
Lee Enterprises is the parent company of over 70 daily newspapers, such as St. Louis Post-Spatch, and almost 350 weekly and special publications in 25 states, including Alabama, New York and Oregon. The company did not say how the attack has happened or who was behind.
“Now we are focused on determining which information – if present – may have been influenced by the situation,” said the company. “We are working to complete this investigation in the fastest and most complete way possible, but these types of investigations are complex and that take time, with many weeks or more time to be completed.”
The newspapers published by Lee Enterprises were reported on cyber attacks and said that most of the problems started on Monday morning. Each newspaper included details on how the attack had suffocated their operations. It was not clear if the problems had been solved on Sunday.
The daily progress in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the crosse tribune in La Crosse, wis., On Friday they declared that they had not been able to print newspapers since Monday.
Atlantic City’s print in New Jersey said she hadn’t printed a newspaper from February 1st, but was working to print and deliver problems. All the newspapers were still able to publish articles online, although some subscribers had problems accessing their accounts.
On Sunday, the websites for many newspapers of Lee Enterprise, including the St. Louis Post-Spatch in Missouri and the Casper Star-Tribune in Wyoming, had a banner on their pages at home that said: “Currently we are undergoing maintenance on some services, which can temporarily influence access to subscription accounts and e-edition.
The Omaha World-Herald said she had not lost any day of publication, but that most of its editions published after the attack had changes, such as smaller press editions or regular characteristics.
Buffalo News in New York said that the attack made the delivery of the newspaper Tuesday and forced him to publish smaller editions for the whole week, with comics and enigmas in sections of the document that were different from the usual.
“We are sorry for the interruption that this problem caused the readers of Buffalo News and I assure you that the changes to the press are temporary,” said the editor of the newspaper, Margaret Kenny Giancola. “We worked all day to ensure that the news continues to provide strong local coverage readers expect from us and we are grateful for their patience this week.”
Sunday, the news and the advance of Lynchburg, Virginia, published an article from his executive publisher, Carrie Sider, who thanked the readers for their patience after the newspaper had “compared with an unprecedented technical problem” .
He said the problem caused problems to the newspaper production and had disabled his telephone system. “Despite these road blocks, our staff continues to produce exceptional journalism,” said Sider.