Philadelphia Inquirer severely disrupted by cyber-attack

A Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper vending machine stands on a street corner. The paper experienced the worst disruption in 27 years due to a cyber-attack. Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP

The Philadelphia Inquirer is scrambling to restore its systems and resume normal operations after it became the latest major media organization to be targeted in a cyber-attack.

With no regular Sunday newspaper and online stories also facing some delays, the cyber-attack has triggered the worst disruption to the Inquirer in decades.