Holding the news to ransom? What we know so far about the Channel 9 cyber attack
As the cyber attack on Nine continues, Edith Cowan University’s Paul Haskell-Dowland unpacks how it happened and who is to blame in this cross posting from The Conversation.
On Sunday afternoon, Channel 9 posted a cryptic tweet indicating it was under attack. The accompanying video acknowledged that the failure to run the Weekend Today show that morning was attributed to a major cyber incident.
Reporting also confirmed the situation had affected the network’s ability to “produce its news and current affairs content”.
The technology that brings you 9 News every night is under attack by hackers.
Whether it’s criminal sabotage or the work of a foreign nation is still being investigated, but this attack could reveal a nationwide vulnerability. @MarkWBurrows #9News pic.twitter.com/YL8l1DLNVV
