M6, one of France's biggest TV channels, hit by ransomware

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Unlike The Weather Channel earlier this year, M6 remained on the air.
The M6 Group, France's largest privately-owned multimedia group, was the victim of ransomware over the weekend, but none of the company's TV and radio channels suffered any downtime.
The incident took place on Saturday morning, according to a message the company posted on its official Twitter account.
The M6 Group said they managed to contain the infection with the help of its cybersecurity staff, preventing any downtime to any of its ten TV channels, radio stations, and film studios.

M6, one of France's biggest TV channels, hit by ransomware

Unlike The Weather Channel earlier this year, M6 remained on the air.

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I can't believe how the ransomware was even able to run in the first place... They are on Win7 home or what? Does the IT staff knows how to lock workstations via SRP?