Bert Kondruss, KonBriefing Research, Germany
20 January 2022
Timeline of known attacks on the media enterprise in 2021: publishing houses, newspapers, radio stations, television stations

Cyber incident overview

Worldwide cyberattacks on media companies in 2021
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Details and sources

Flag USAMarch 20, 2021
Data breach at US media group
Paxton Media Group - Paducah, Kentucky, USA (McCracken County)
https://www.doj.nh.gov/consumer/security...
Flag FranceApril 2021
French logistic company hit by cyber attack
Colis Privé, Adrexo - Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
Affected companies include Colis Privé and Adrexo. Adrexo is an advertising print distribution company headquartered in Aix-en-Provence with approximately 18,000 employees. The cyberattack received some attention because in January the company had won a contract to distribute election advertising in 51 departments for the regional elections.
Flag UKJuly 2021
UK academic radio station phishing website
SOAS Radio - London, United Kingdom
https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/news/soas-s...
Flag France23 July 2021
Facebook page of a French regional newspaper hacked.
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
The hack at the Le Progrès newspaper was used to promote a terrorist organization.
https://www.leprogres.fr/societe/2021/07...
Flag BrazilSeptember 2021
Cyber attack on a television station in Brazil
SBT Brasil - Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil
Flag USASeptember 30, 2021
Ransomware attack on a media company in Pennsylvania
LNP Media Group Inc. - Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA (Lancaster County)
https://news.yahoo.com/more-learned-lnp-...
Flag USADecember 2021
Cyber attack on a US printing company
RR Donnelley - Chicago, Illinois, USA (Cook County, DuPage County)
https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edg...

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Cyber attacks worldwide

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