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Townsquare stations hit by ransomware threats

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https://radioinsight.com/headlines/175822/townsquare-media-stations-taken-down-by-ransomware-attack/

Many Townsquare Media clusters were hit on Monday with cryptolocker encryption malware that took the station operations down. The company’s Shreveport LA cluster detailed the issues they faced on Monday morning which included the lack of automation triggers nor imaging and commercials. News/Talk 710 KEEL operated with satellite triggers for Fox News running in the background. Two local shows stayed on-air by playing music off of YouTube.

Other markets that we’ve heard were hit include Boise, Cedar Rapids, and Portsmouth NH. A similar attack hit Radio One’s stations at the end of February which took down their internal systems across the country.
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In the report it mentions that Radio One was also hit by ransomware threats.
 
Wow, I'm kind of embarrassed for them that their security was so bad that something like this could happen. It's fairly easy to lock down your network and computers to avoid this kind of thing.
 
PaulKTF said:
Wow, I'm kind of embarrassed for them that their security was so bad that something like this could happen. It's fairly easy to lock down your network and computers to avoid this kind of thing.
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It can happen even to big systems and big companies. It's very hard to get employees not to click on emails.
 
For a start, its not a good thing that Townsquare had all their clusters networked like this. What some naive (or even malicious) staffer does in some other city should have no ability to affect operations in Boise. Further, the critical automation computers should be heavily restricted.
 
Re: Portsmouth, NH.....WOKQ (97.5) just installed a Zetta/Wheatstone automation system and has been trying to work out various "bugs" for several months now; they've been off the air on a few occasions, while their audio stream remained intact.
Malware?DDoS is the LAST thing ANY station - or anyBODY - wants to hear!!:(
 
bumping this as now, joining Townsqare and Radio One as Ransomware attack victims, is The Weather Channel on the TV side of US Media.

https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/18/the-weather-channel-ransomware/
 
Will_H_69_9 said:
bumping this as now, joining Townsqare and Radio One as Ransomware attack victims, is The Weather Channel on the TV side of US Media.

https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/18/the-weather-channel-ransomware/
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that link doesnt work.. its not a link nor is it a cmplete link
 
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