The attacks hampered the newspapers’ print operation, and the newspaper was forced to shut down its newsroom until at least Tuesday so that its employees could cover an expensive and highly competitive mayoral race.
“The incident was the greatest publication disruption to Pennsylvania’s largest news organization since the blizzard of Jan. 7-8, 1996, and it came just days before Tuesday’s mayoral primary election,” the Inquirer’s Jonathan Lai said.
Lisa Hughes, spokesperson for The Philadelphia Inquirer stated “We appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding as we work to fully restore systems and complete this investigation as soon as possible[…]We will keep our employees and readers informed as we learn more.”
Reportedly, on Thursday, the newspaper discovered “anomalous activities” on select computer systems. The systems were taken down immediately.
Following the attacks, the regular Sunday newspapers could not be published. Instead, a Sunday “early edition,” which went to press on Friday evening, was delivered to print subscribers. The newspaper stated on Sunday that it was “sometimes slower than normal” to upload and update content on its website, Inquirer.com.
Inquirer to Notify Potentially Affected Subscribers
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