A hacker attack from abroad has confused the distribution of several major newspapers in the US, according to a media report. As the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday, the attack paralyzed a computer network owned by Tribune Publishing, which is involved in the printing and distribution of numerous US newspapers.
The Saturday editions of the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union Tribune were therefore belatedly received by many readers in the state of California. Also affected were West Coast editions of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, which are printed in the Los Angeles Times print shop.
Disabling the infrastructure Aim of the attack
According to the report, the cyber attack, which was initially thought to be a server failure, is attributed to foreign hackers, according to the report. Whether they acted on behalf of a state is still unclear.
The hackers were probably not about a data theft, but about the paralyzing of infrastructure, wrote the newspaper. The US Department of Homeland Security said it had been informed of the alleged cyberattack and was seeking clarification.
