{"id":59995,"date":"2018-12-31T10:43:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=59995"},"modified":"2018-12-31T10:43:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:43:17","slug":"major-newspapers-suffer-ransomware-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/major-newspapers-suffer-ransomware-infection\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Newspapers Nationwide Failed to Print Due to Ransomware Infection"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>NY Daily News, LA Times and San Deigo Union Tribune\u00a0Suffer Post-Ransomware Infection<\/h3>\n<p>Major news publications across the United States were halted over the weekend due to a suspected ransomware attack.\u00a0 Tribune Publishing, responsible for printing several major newspapers like Chicago Tribune, LA Times, San Diego Union Tribune, NY Daily News, and the Baltimore Sun, suffered a cyber attack on Saturday, December 29th.\u00a0 However, every newspaper was not impacted in the 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