Macmillan Publishers is a global trade publishing company operating in more than 70 countries and has impressions in many countries around the world, including the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa and India. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group is a multinational family-owned media corporation headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Macmillan is a branch of Holtzbrink Publishing Group.
What happened?
Macmillan was the victim of a security breach that appears to be a ransomware attack. As a result, the company was forced to shut down its network and offices during the recovery.
Macmillan shut down its servers for the day after an unspecified “security incident” on Saturday. The company said the shutdown would last for one day and it would not be able to process, accept, place or take ship orders. The agency said it expects to resolve the incident by the end of the day and will offer an update before 10am tomorrow.
It said the attack took place over the weekend, Saturday, June 25, and the corporation responded by rejecting all its information technology systems in an attempt to stop the attack from spreading. Since then, Macmillan’s editors have shown an exceptional clarity about security breaches.
You will receive an update after Wednesday, June 29, 2022. We are sorry this situation continues and we are working as soon as possible to resolve the situation.
They have informed Macmillan representatives and customers that they are not being ignored, but that they have lost access to their systems, emails and files.
It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post. In Cesarina’s article you can learn more about how to mitigate ransomware attacks.
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