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December 31, 2018 01:15 am GMT
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Malware attack affects publishing of major U.S. newspapers
A suspected malware attack affected major U.S. newspapers over the weekend.
In what was initially thought to be a server outage, the attack delayed distribution of Saturday's Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune, according to the Times.
On Saturday afternoon, the company suspected that the attack had originated from outside of the U.S., but didn't reveal any further detail about its origins or what evidence led to the belief it came from overseas.
"We believe the intention of the attack was to disable infrastructure, more specifically servers, as opposed to looking to steal information," a source told the Times. Read more...
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