Media giant Lee Enterprises confirms cyberattack as news outlets report ongoing disruption
The newspaper owner said it was determining what data, if any, was stolen.
Lee Enterprises, a media giant that owns dozens of newspapers across the United States, has confirmed a cyberattack on its systems is behind ongoing disruption at dozens of newspapers and media outlets across the United States.
In an email shared with customers sent Friday, which TechCrunch has seen, Lee CEO Kevin Mowbray said the company was working to “fully restore our systems” following a cyberattack earlier in the week.
Tracy Rouch, a spokesperson for Lee Enterprises, confirmed to TechCrunch that the outages were caused by a “cybersecurity event” and that the company was “now focused on determining what information — if any — may have been affected by the situation.”
The spokesperson declined to say if it had received any communication from the hackers, or if it had a timeline for recovery. The company would not say if it has the technical means, such as logs, to determine if any information was accessed or stolen.
Lee did not describe the nature of the cyberattack, nor would the company comment beyond its email.