#Qilin #ransomware group has claimed responsibility for attack at #LeeEnterprises

The attack took place on Feb 3, 2025, and disrupted operations. The attackers has added Lee Enterprises to their victim site, and a sample of the stolen data, which includes government IDs, NDAs, financial info, and contracts. The attackers claim they have stolen approximately 350 GB of files, and threatening to release it all on Mar 5.

#cybersecurity

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qilin-ransomware-claims-attack-at-lee-enterprises-leaks-stolen-data/

I will NOT click on headlines like this. This is the very definition of click-bait: "If you want to know whether this story affects you, you have to click on it first."

A proper headline would put the name of the affected city/state/county/etc as the FIRST WORD of the headline.

Never mind that the same headline appears in all #LeeEnterprises papers (at least all I've checked so far, including #LaCrosseTribune, #WisStateJournal, and #ChippewaHerald

This is NOT a sign of a reliable newspaper.

I pay $1/month for the Buffalo News. They’re raising it to $14.99. I know running a newsroom is expensive, but when Lee Enterprises (the owners) laid off staff and moved the printing operation to Ohio, I’m not going to continue my subscription

#BN #buffalo #localnews #leeenterprises

A review of several large cartoon syndicates in North America reveals that just under 2% of comic strips are made by women: https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2024/02/24/the-real-gannett-conspiracy-chauvinism/

#dailycartoonist #dddegg #misogyny #comics #comicstrips #gannett #chauvinism #patriarchy #mcclatchy #leeenterprises #postmedia #postmediagroup #wickcommunications #us #usa #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #canada

Another Big Failure by Wisconsin newspapers.

A creamery in Portage had a huge fire, and a river of butter threatened to clog the Portage Canal.

Not a word in the #LaCrosseTribune, the #WisconsinStateJournal, or any of the other #LeeEnterprises papers. Why was The #Guardian the first outlet to tell us about this? #RiverOfButter #Wisconsin
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/05/butter-wisconsin-dairy-plant-canal-melted

A data point in the death spiral of local news: #LaCrosseTribune said "we won't let you read this unless you turn off your ad blocker." So I turned it off and read the news. That worked for... a year, maybe?

Now they won't let me read anything, even with the ad blocker disabled. "Only if you pay." But why should I pay when 95%+ of the "content" comes from the mother ship in Madison.

Free stock advice: Short #LeeEnterprises. They're destroying themselves.