San Francisco’s biggest public radio station was forced offline by ransomware
For the last month, San Francisco’s KQED has been recovering from a massive ransomware attack, the station revealed today to The San Francisco Chronicle. The infection began on June 15, but more than a month later, many crucial systems remain offline at the National Public Radio member-station.
“It’s like we’ve been bombed back to 20 years ago, technology-wise,” one senior editor told the Chronicle.
The initial damage from the attack was severe, locking hard drives, erasing pre-recorded segments and bringing down the station’s internal email server. The station’s online broadcast was offline for more than 12 hours, although the FM broadcast continued uninterrupted. The office Wi-Fi remained offline for several days.
As systems recover,…
