Staff had been told to work from home due to the cyber-attack, which affected email systems and meant journalists had to rely on Slack to communicate. Nine was hit by a cyber-attack on Sunday morning which knocked out the Weekend Today show and some news bulletins. TV news production normally done in Sydney had to be switched to Melbourne. “Basically the Ferrari wouldn’t start and we had to fire up the Datsun 180B,” Nailon told Nine radio. “A good newsroom thrives on adversity,” Nailon told TV Tonight.

Source: The Guardian March 29, 2021 09:11 UTC