Newspapers across the country belonging to the Lee Enterprises news company were unable to print, had problems with their websites and published smaller issues after a cyberspace last week, the company said.
In a statement sent by email on Sunday, Lee Enterprises said the company had had disorders in its daily activities due to a “cyberspace event” and had notified law enforcement.
Lee Enterprises is the parent company over 70 daily newspapers, such as St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and nearly 350 weekly and special versions in 25 states, including Alabama, New York and Oregon. The company did not say how the attack happened or who was behind her.
“Now we are focused on determining what information – if any – may have been influenced by the situation,” the company said. “We are working to complete this research as quickly and thoroughly as possible, but these types of research are complex and time -consuming, with many views for several weeks or more to complete.”
The newspapers published by Lee Enterprises reported at Cyberettack and said most of the problems began on Monday morning. Each newspaper included details of how the attack had stifling their activities. It was not clear whether the issues were resolved on Sunday.
Daily progress at Charlottesville, VA., And La Crosse Tribune at La Crosse, Wis., Both said on Friday that they failed to print newspapers on Monday.
The Atlantic City press in New Jersey said he had not printed a newspaper from February 1, but worked to print and deliver issues. All newspapers were still publishing articles online, although some subscribers had problems with access to their accounts.
On Sunday, websites for many Lee Enterprise newspapers, including St. Louis Post-Dispatch in Missouri and Casper Star-Tribune in Wyoming, had a banner on their pages at home, “this service can be temporarily affected by access to subscription accounts and online version.”
Omaha World-Herald said it had not lost any day of publication, but that most of its published after the attack had modifications, such as smaller printing versions or regular features.
Buffalo News in New York said the attack caused her to delay the newspaper tradition on Tuesday and forced her to publish smaller versions all week, with comics and puzzles in parts of the document that were different from the usual.
“We are sorry for the disorder that has caused this issue for Buffalo News readers and I assure you that printing changes are temporary,” said newspaper editor -in -chief Margaret Kenny Giancola. “We have worked around the clock to ensure that the news continues to provide the strong local coverage they are waiting for from us and we are grateful for their patience this week.”
On Sunday, the news and progress of Lynchburg, VA., Published an article by the author’s executive, Carrie Sidener, who thanked readers for their patience after the newspaper “addressed an unprecedented technical issue”.
She said the issue had caused problems in the production of the newspaper and had turned off her phone system. “Despite these barricades, our staff continues to produce excellent journalism,” Sidener said.
