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Nagano Nippo: ransomware infected its servers, and it printed reduced-page newspapers

Late on December 19 it found ransomware on its servers. Article and photo data for the paper was affected, and the December 21 and 22 editions had fewer pages.

Disclosed

2023-12-22

Organizations involved

1

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

  1. Late at night, it found that its own servers were infected with ransomware. [1]

  2. It announced the case and apologized to readers. The December 21 and 22 editions had fewer pages. It is working on recovery with outside experts and the police. [1] [2]

Impact

The servers hold the articles and photos used in the paper. It says no personal data has leaked. Its website and email system run normally. Full recovery is expected to take time. [1]

Timeline

  1. Started, Detected 2023-12-19
  2. Disclosed 2023-12-22
  3. 3 days

Attack or cause

Method
[Ransomware]
Impact
[Service outage]
Entry point
Unknown

Data exposed or at risk

–

Organizations involved

Open in organization search

Sources

  1. [1][News]長野日報がランサムウェア被害 新聞はページ減らし発行 「長期化も予想される」ITmedia NEWS · 2023-12-22
  2. [2][News]長野日報社サーバへのランサムウェア攻撃、通常よりページ数を減らした特別紙面で発行ScanNetSecurity · 2023-12-29 08:05