The company M6 Group said it fell victim to a ransomware attack over the weekend .
M6 Group is the largest private company in France. It owns a large number of television and radio channels, which did not face any problems during the attack.
The company itself announced the incident in a tweet on its official Twitter account . The attack took place on Saturday morning.
According to its statements, M6 Group managed to contain the infection thanks to the valuable assistance of its cybersecurity staff .This avoided any problems and interruptions to the company's television channels, radio stations and film studios.
However, French newspaper L'Express reported that the company was experiencing some problems, with phone lines and email servers down until yesterday.
Fortunately, the company's staff responded quickly and limited the impact of the ransomware.
Entercom, the largest American radio broadcasting company, suffered a similar attack. Again, the radio stations were operating normally, but the servers and internal networks were offline for almost two weeks.
In April 2015, TV5 Monde also fell victim to a hacking attack. The attackers managed to breach the network of the television station and interrupt the streaming of the program for hours. They also destroyed the company's websites and social media accounts . This attack was one of the largest of its kind.
