The Guardian is continuing to be severely impacted by a suspected ransomware attack which hit the publisher’s global IT systems on 20 December.
Guardian Media Group chief executive Anna Bateson sent a note on Monday, 2 January, saying that all staff must continue to work from home. Staff have been told to work remotely since the incident began.
Bateson said: “This is a further update on the serious disruption to our network and IT systems that began before Christmas. As a result of the steps we took to secure our network, a number of key systems have been taken offline and remain unavailable.
“To reduce strain on our networks and help the enterprise tech, ESD and other involved teams focus on the most essential fixes, everyone must work from home until at least Monday 23rd January in the UK, US and Australia, unless you are specifically asked to work from our offices.”
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