German newspaper Heilbronner Stimme, which which circulates 254,000 copies all over the region, suffered a ransomware ayttack after having all its systems encrypted by unknown threat actors.
The attack compromise the publication`s printing systems while the phone and email communication only remained offline during the weekend.
Apparently the attackers impacted the entire Stimme Mediengruppe, and left ransom notes behind, but no specific ransom demands was made.
Source: https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/german-newspapers-targeted-by-ransomware-attack/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/stimme-mediengruppe
"id": "sti232471222",
"linkid": "stimme-mediengruppe",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "10/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Media',
'location': 'Germany',
'name': 'Heilbronner Stimme',
'size': '254,000 copies circulation',
'type': 'Newspaper'}],
'description': 'German newspaper Heilbronner Stimme, which circulates 254,000 '
'copies all over the region, suffered a ransomware attack '
'after having all its systems encrypted by unknown threat '
"actors. The attack compromised the publication's printing "
'systems while the phone and email communication only remained '
'offline during the weekend. Apparently, the attackers '
'impacted the entire Stimme Mediengruppe and left ransom notes '
'behind, but no specific ransom demands were made.',
'impact': {'downtime': ['Weekend'],
'operational_impact': ['Printing systems compromised',
'Phone and email communication offline'],
'systems_affected': ['Printing systems',
'Phone and email communication']},
'ransomware': {'data_encryption': 'Yes'},
'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Heilbronner Stimme',
'type': 'Ransomware'}