TeNY: cyberattack encrypts internal PCs and servers; broadcasting not affected

On 13 March 2024 Television Niigata Network (TeNY) announced that several PCs and servers on its internal network had been hit by a cyberattack that encrypted the data on their drives. According to ScanNetSecurity, on the morning of 11 March an employee of an affiliate working in the building reported that files on a file server could not be opened, and the network administrator found the damage. According to Security NEXT, the affected machines were mainly information systems and programme production equipment, and the company said broadcasting was not affected. It asked Niigata police and an investigator for help; no personal data leak had been confirmed at the time.