Cyberattack Hits One Of Iceland’s Largest Media Outlets

One of Iceland’s largest media outlets mbl.is and radio station K100 were both down for around three hours yesterday due to a cyberattack on their publisher, Árvakur.

The attack was carried out by a Russian group named Akira, the publisher has confirmed. The attackers seized and encrypted all of the company’s data,leading them to shut down their computer system as they responded.

Both mbl.is and K100 are currently functioning. It is not clear whether Árvakur has recovered all of the data that were seized or whether it will be able to recover them completely.

Estimated Cost

3 hours non operational, radio stations off the air.

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