Guardian newspaper hit by suspected ransomware attack

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The paper says its IT network is being affected by a 'serious incident' and staff are working from home.

The Guardian newspaper has come under a suspected ransomware attack.

It said there had been a "serious incident" affecting its IT systems in the last 24 hours, with disruption to "behind the scenes services". The company said it was continuing to publish globally to its website - one of the most visited news sites in the world - and was "confident" it could still print the physical paper.In a statement, the Guardian said: "Our technology teams have been working to deal with all aspects of this incident, with the vast majority of our staff able to work from home as we did during the pandemic.

The criminals then find and encrypt important or sensitive files - and demand a ransom for them to be unlocked.A huge range of targets - from schools and hospitals to government agencies and media organisations - have fallen victim to ransomware, with

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