Security News > 2025 > February > US newspaper publisher uses linguistic gymnastics to avoid saying its outage was due to ransomware
2025-02-18 17:00
Called it an 'incident' in SEC filing, but encrypted apps and data exfiltration suggest Lee just can’t say the R word US newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises is blaming its recent service disruptions on a "cybersecurity attack," per a regulatory filing, and is the latest company to avoid using the dreaded R word.…
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