NEWS 12

The Independent’s blog site hit by ransomware attack

SUMMARY:

The Independent’s blog-hosting site has fallen foul of hackers who are using ads to target visitors with virus software that encrypts files and demands a ransom. A spokesperson for Independent owners ESI Media said that as a precaution all ads have been removed from the site, which is separate from Independent.co.uk and hosted on popular blogging software WordPress.

FACTS:

• ESI said that visitors to the legacy site amounted to less than 0.2% of those who visited the Independent during the whole month of November

• Based on the Independent’s most recent published traffic statistics, which cover October, fewer than 5,000 people a day are likely to have visited the site.

My partner is burnt out from his job on a national newspaper in London

SUMMARY:

Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy’s own insights

FACTS:

ISSUES:

•  There seems to be little in the way of newspaper roles, particularly for someone as experienced as him

• I worry because he is burnt out – his current working environment is terrible and 14-hour days are the norm

• The other issue that has to be considered is salary