BONUS: We may not be living in a news desert yet, but there is a drought New owner of Lee suggests St. Louis newspaper needs to move reporting to `middle'

#Newspapers continue to face enormous challenges and part of the reason is that many readers have decided they don't need local #journalism.
#journalism #leeenterprises #poststar #glensfalls #queenbury
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If the #OmahaWorld-Herald had any reporters left and was owned by a company that actually gave a shit. . . .

#LeeEnterprises

2/ Perhaps it would help the denuded @owhnews.bsky.social if its new editor *stopped writing sports columns* and pitched in actually covering his goddamn news market.

#LeeEnterprises, frankly, is the biggest catastrophe to befall #Nebraska media. It has turned an entire state into a news desert.

Qilin Cyber Gang Claims Credit for Lee Newspaper Breach The ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) cybercrime group intends to leak the stolen information in just two days, it claims; but oddly, it doesn't seek a ransom payment from its victim.

The Qilin cybercrime group has claimed responsibility for a February cyberattack on Lee Enterprises, a major U.S. newspaper publisher, affecting operations and threatening to leak 350GB of stolen data. #CyberAttack #DataBreach #Qilin #LeeEnterprises #TechNews www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks...

Lee Enterprises ransomware attack hits freelance and contractor payments | TechCrunch The ransomware attack is affecting Lee's ability to pay outside vendors, including freelancers and contractors, TechCrunch has learned.

🦋 Lee Enterprises ransomware attack hits freelance and contractor payments

The ransomware attack is affecting Lee's ability to pay outside vendors, including freelancers and contractors, TechCrunch has learned.
#Security #cybersecurity #DataBreach #Exclusive #LeeEnterprises #LocalNewspapers

Qilin ransomware claims attack at Lee Enterprises, leaks stolen data The Qilin ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the attack at Lee Enterprises that disrupted operations on February 3, leaking samples of data they claim was stolen from the company.

Qilin ランサムウェアが Lee Enterprises を攻撃、盗まれたデータを漏洩

Qilin ransomware claims attack at Lee Enterprises, leaks stolen data #BleepingComputer (Feb 28)

#ランサムウェア攻撃 #Qilinランサムウェア #LeeEnterprises #データ漏洩 #サイバーセキュリティ

A screen-shot of a click-bait headline. Under a picture of cars pulled over on a freeway, the headline reads, "Cops shot into traffic or chased vehicles with cocked guns in their laps. Find out where."

I will NOT click on headlines like this. This is the very definition of click-bait: "If you want to know whether this story affects you, you have to click on it first."

A proper headline would put the name of the affected city/state/county/etc as the FIRST […]

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Lee Enterprises blames cyberattack for delayed newspapers Called it an 'incident' in SEC filing, but encrypted apps and data exfiltration suggest Lee just can’t say the R word

米国の新聞社は、サービス停止の原因がランサムウェアによるものだと言わないように言葉巧みに行動している

US newspaper publisher uses linguistic gymnastics to avoid saying its outage was due to ransomware #Register (Feb 18)

#LeeEnterprises #サイバーセキュリティ攻撃 #ランサムウェア #データ漏洩 #業務復旧

Lee Enterprises newspaper disruptions caused by ransomware attack Newspaper publishing giant Lee Enterprises has confirmed that a ransomware attack is behind ongoing disruptions impacting the group's operations for over two weeks.

ランサムウェア攻撃によりリー・エンタープライズの新聞が混乱

Lee Enterprises newspaper disruptions caused by ransomware attack #BleepingComputer (Feb 18)

#LeeEnterprises #ランサムウェア攻撃 #新聞配布 #サイバーセキュリティ #業務復旧

»As #US #newspaper #outages drag on, #LeeEnterprises blames #cyberattack for encrypting critical systems.« https://techcrunch.c #tech #media

Media giant Lee Enterprises confirms cyberattack as news outlets report ongoing disruption | TechCrunch The newspaper owner said it was determining what data, if any, was stolen.

👋 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.
#Security #cyberattack #cybersecurity #DataBreach #LeeEnterprises #LocalNewspapers

Forze dell’ordine arrestano quattro affiliati al ransomware Phobos e sequestrano i siti 8Base, mentre un cyberattacco paralizza il gruppo editoriale Lee Enterprises.

#8Base #criptovalute #cybercrime #LeeEnterprises #Phobos #Ransomware
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Everyone should be frightened by the takedown of local journalism that has occurred with cyber attack on #LeeEnterprises

@aaronparnas.bsky.social

Daily Progress parent company victim of 'cybersecurity event' An investigation has found that a "cybersecurity event" was behind the server outage that disrupted Daily Progress and other newspaper operations this week.

Dozens of local newspapers around the USA have failed to publish since Monday Feb 3 due to a cyberattack. #LeeEnterprises finally admitted to this last night.

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#AaronParnas

Screenshot from Lee Enterprises website that boasts of 1 million subscribers

You need to change this to 999,999 subscribers, #LeeEnterprises