At least two television news stations had their operations disrupted Thursday by what appeared to be a targeted ransomware attack, according to media reports.
The outlets WFTV in Orlando, Fla., and WPXI in Pittsburgh, both owned by Cox Media Group, which owns TV and radio stations in multiple media markets, were offline Thursday,"This morning we were told to shut down everything and log out our emails to ensure nothing spread.
According to my friends at affiliate stations, we shut things down in time to be safe and should be back up and running soon," a Cox employee said, according toFTV LiveManagers at the Orlando station asked employees not to come to the station on Thursday and again Friday, according to the NBC report. In Pittsburgh, IT staffers were shutting down computers Thursday morning, it said. Several industries have been targeted by cyberattacks in recent weeks.
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