General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSinclair Broadcast Group dealing with weekend data breach, ransomware attack
Sinclair Broadcast Group said Monday that it's suffered a data breach and is still working to determine what information the data contained.
The company said it started investigating the potential security incident on Saturday and on Sunday it identified certain servers and workstations that were encrypted with ransomware. It also found that certain office and operational networks were disrupted. Data was also taken from the companys network.
The Hunt Valley, Maryland-based company owns and/or operates 21 regional sports network and owns, operates and/or provides services to 185 television stations in 86 markets.
Nashville, Tennessees WZTV put out a notice on its website Monday about serious technical issues at the TV station affecting its ability to stream content.
We are also currently unable to access our email and your phone calls to the station, it said.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/10/18/cybersecurity-ransomware-attack-sinclair-broadcast-group/8510892002/
_______________________________________________________________________
Too bad, so sad
kimbutgar
(20,879 posts)All those commentaries that are right wing are disgusting. So I feel no sympathy for them. I hope the hackers destroy this broadcast network. Its a curse on our country.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Jilly_in_VA
(9,854 posts)spousal unit, when I told him of this, grinned evilly and said, "How can I help the hackers?"