London, Dec 22 (TIWN) Leading UK-based newspaper The Guardian on Wednesday confirmed its systems have been hit by a "serious IT incident," which appears to be a ransomware attack.

The UK-based media house says that its online publishing is largely unaffected and employees are publishing news to the Guardian website as well as on the app. The Guardian said it was confident it could still produce Thursday’s print newspaper.
“As everyone knows, there has been a serious incident which has affected our IT network and systems in the last 24 hours. We believe this to be a ransomware attack but are continuing to consider all possibilities," said Anna Bateson, The Guardian Media Group chief executive, and Katharine Viner, editor-in-chief.

"Our technology teams have been working to deal with all aspects of this incident, with the vast majority of our staff able to work from home as we did during the pandemic," they added.