Daily News | The Philadelphia Inquirer’s operations continue to be disrupted by a cyber incident
It was unclear when systems would be fully restored, and Inquirer publisher Lisa Hughes said in response to emailed questions that “we are currently unable to provide an exact time line.” The incident was the greatest publication disruption to Pennsylvania’s largest news organization since the blizzard of Jan. 7-8, 1996, and it came just days before Tuesday’s mayoral primary election.
Hughes said the company had notified the FBI. A spokesperson for the FBI’s Philly office said it was aware of the incident and declined to comment as a matter of standard practice. She noted that “when the FBI learns about potential cyber attacks, it’s customary that we offer our assistance in these matters.”
That did not appear to lead to any immediate interruption of Inquirer publication, which continued normally Thursday and Friday. Hughes said Monday’s newspapers would be printed and delivered but that classified ads, including death notices, would be postponed from appearing in the print newspapers until Wednesday “out of an abundance of caution.”
“But bottom line is that this is something that leadership does have to take into account and plan for and invest in,” she said. “It’s not something that you can just secure overnight, and it’s not something you can just clean up overnight, either.”
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