Governmentattack in one of Norway's largest media companies closed the presses. Amedia, Norway's largest news publisher, announced on Tuesday that several of its central computer systems were shut down due to a "severe" cyber attack.
The attack prevented the company from printing Wednesday's newspapers, and the presses will continue to be down until the issue is resolved, Amedia executive vice president Pål Nedregotten said. The hack also affects the systems advertisingand company subscription, preventing advertisers from buying new ones advertisements and subscribers to order or cancel subscriptions.
The company Reported that at the moment he does not know if personal information has been leaked information. Το συνδρομητικό σύστημα που επηρεάστηκε από την επίθεση περιέχει ονόματα, διευθύνσεις, αριθμούς τηλεφώνου και ιστορικό συνδρομών πελατών, αλλά δεδομένα όπως κωδικοί πρόσβασης, ιστορικό ανάγνωσης και οικονομικές πληροφορίες δεν επηρεάζονται, είπε η εταιρεία.
Amedia publishes more than 90 newspapers and magazines that reach more than 2,5 million Norwegians, according to the websiteσελίδα the company's.
"We are in the process of getting an overview of the situation, but we do not yet know what happened and the exact damage. "We have already implemented measures to reduce the damage and restore normal operation as soon as possible," said Executive Vice President Pål Nedregotten on the company's website.
