Lee Enterprises ransomware attack halts freelance and contractor payments

As a barrier from suspicious Ransomware TechCrunch has learned that newspaper publishing giant Lee Enterprise enters his second month, has also learned TechCrunch, the cyberTack is also influenced by freelancers and contractors who work for the company.

CyberTack on Lee Enterprise February 3 With delay in print versions, there have been several dozen newspapers across the United States of the United States, extensive size conflicts and ongoing disruptions. Lol February 18 is confirmed The hackers who have encrypted “critical applications” that affects company activities, including “product distribution, billing, collecting and paying the seller”.

A lee-owned property contractor, who told Takecchanch as an external dealer, told TechCrunch that they were not yet paid for their jobs after cybertack.

The person told TechCrunch that Lee Enterprises had been working on the issue, but from mid -February, the person had not heard anything from the company. This person, who does not pay thousands of dollars, said that the situation causes anxiety and uncertainty.

“Lee works with different networks of vendors to provide services for the organization’s activities for the organization’s activities,” the person said. “This seller’s network includes both business and individual freelance workers who have been appointed to perform various services, including the production of editorial materials.”

The contractor said they had no approximate timeline for when they could expect the seller’s payment system to move again.

Salary workers can understand in void, techchen, though Lee Enterprise employees are still accessible to a system that is still accessible to a system that is used to pay for their expenditure.

If the vendors, freelancers and contractors were asked about payment, Lee spokesperson Tracy Rouch couldn’t confirm and don’t make any comments beyond that Filing the regulatory of the company February 18.

Accordingly That is filingLee said that CyberTack is “a component of the company’s financial status or the results of the operation, it is likely to affect any element.”

Kilin, a broad ranswar gang Known for disrupted cyberratetacksSince then, a post on his Dark Web Future site has achieved credit for cybertack in Lee Enterprises, which used to extort the victims to provide a ransom.

Rouch said that Lee Enterprises “is aware of the claims and are currently investigating them.”

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