Cyber attack on Channel 9 Australia

As mentioned in the International thread Channel 9 failed to get Weekend Today on air on Sunday morning, due to "technical difficulties" rumoured to be a cyber attack. Three hours of live Sydney based sports programming also had to be pulled.

Nine later confirmed a ransomware attack had occurred, with the Sydney news replaced by bulletins from Melbourne. Sydney based producers have now been relocated to Sydney for the week, with all other staff working from home, although breakfast show Today is expected to air from Sydney tomorrow.

https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/03/nine-confirms-cyber-attack-hits-network.html

Russia getting blamed as they usually do, with Nine due to run an expose on Putin tomorrow.

Melbourne is said to only be operational due to the fact it hasn't gone fully automated like other studios in the Nine network have.

https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2021/03/28/exclusive-claims-russian-hackers-behind-channel-9-cyber-attack/?amp

9News's own report on events:

The technology that brings you 9 News every night is under attack by hackers.

Whether it’s criminal sabotage or the work of a foreign nation is still being investigated, but this attack could reveal a nationwide vulnerability. @MarkWBurrows #9News pic.twitter.com/YL8l1DLNVV

— 9News Australia (@9NewsAUS) March 28, 2021

To make matters worse, Peter Hitchener in Melbourne was pulled off air mid-bulletin tonight after suffering a Migrane attack, looked to be something much more sinister watching it live, and was distressing viewing. Thankfully he seems to be OK, Twitter has been going nuts.

No doubt it's been a fairly stressful day for those at Nine with what's going on, and with the Intelligence services also involved....

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/channel-nine-newsreader-peter-hitchener-unable-to-finish-bulletin-20210329-p57f29.html