Editorial Tools at a Standstill at Bayard Publishing House

November 28, 2024

INCIDENT

The attack forced the press group to shut down "most editorial, production and marketing tools," according to an internal message sent Monday morning, which "Le Monde" was able to consult.

La Croix readers did not receive their daily newspaper on Tuesday, September 10. The operation of the newspaper, and of the Bayard Group, has been seriously disrupted by a cyberattack that began on Sunday, September 8. This Tuesday morning, the editorial office was still running at a slow pace. "We still don't have Internet, and the day promises to be even more complicated, because all of Bayard has been affected ," confided a journalist in the morning.

Incident Date

September 8, 2024

Location

France

Estimated Cost

Operations disrupted for several days

Type of Malware

No Malware identified

Threat Source

No threat source identified