Thursday, June 3, 2021

"Live streams go down across Cox radio & TV stations in apparent ransomware attack" (the DOJ is on it)

 First up, the headline story from The Record:

Live streams for radio and TV stations owned by the Cox Media Group, one of the largest media conglomerates in the US, have gone down earlier today in what multiple sources have described as a ransomware attack.

The incident took place earlier this morning and impacted the internal networks and live streaming capabilities for Cox media properties, such as web streams and mobile apps. Official websites, telephone lines, and normal programming remained running but some live programming could not go on air as scheduled....

....MUCH MORE

And From PYMNTS.com:

DOJ Vows To Prioritize Ransomware Investigations

I'd much prefer that the CIA, DIA, NGA and NSA were on it but you take what you can get.