A significant IT incident that may have been a ransomware attack has affected The Guardian. Staff was instructed to work from home as a result of the event, which started late on Tuesday night and disrupted some of the company's technical infrastructure. Additionally, several services that are used in the background have been disrupted.

 Online content creation is largely impacted; articles are still written and added to the Guardian website and mobile app. The business expressed confidence that it could still publish the print edition of Thursday's newspaper. News organisations are frequently the target of cyberattacks by both nation states and criminals, though at this point the business stated it thought the event was probably a ransomware attempt.

 These involve hackers breaking into a computer system and demanding that services be restored. Anna Bateson, the chief executive of The Guardian Media Group, and Katharine Viner, the editor in chief, informed the staff: 'As everyone is aware, there has been a major event that has damaged our IT network and processes in the previous 24 hours.

 We think this is a ransomware attack, but we're still thinking of other things. Even though some of our internal systems are impacted, we are confident that we will be able to publish in print tomorrow. We are still publishing globally to our website and apps. The bulk of our employees has been able to work from home like we did during the pandemic thanks to the efforts of our technology teams, who have been tackling every part of this incident. 

We will keep our employees and anybody else who is impacted updated. At the conclusion of the day, we will give everyone another update. We would like everyone to work remotely from home for the rest of the week, with a few important exclusions, unless we let you know otherwise.

“We appreciate everyone who worked hard during this incident to keep us publishing, taking care of our readers, donors, and advertising, and maintaining the availability of our essential services for colleagues.”