Rede Bahia, a Brazilian concern conglomerate with16 multimedia vehicles focused on Bahia and Bahian people, was smash with a ransomware snipe that impacted its functioning. As of today, the firm is still working to restore all functioning. Notices about the breach were sent internally to employees, and posted publicly to others. rendering of the internal memo to employees: May 13th, 2021 Dear employees, Always concerned about the security of our employees, REDE BAHIA communicates that it has suffered a cyber onslaught to our servers, which affected our systems. counsel BAHIA has already adopted all technical and security measures used for data protection, including hiring specialized companies in order to mitigate the risks of this security incident. in add-on to the above, we became aware of the public disclosure of personal data of some of our employees and former employees. We are investigating the occurrence, ascertaining the due responsibilities and we have already the competent authorities. Yours Sincerely Paulo Cesena CEO advise Bahia BNEWS confirms the cyber attack, that interfered with the daily publication of counsel Bahia’s newspaper, Correio. Rede Bahia posted notices where people could bump all the news via radio or online spell publication was disrupted. while advise Bahia noted that it was aware of leakage of some employee data, confirmation has been clear. BNEWS first posted, then silently deleted, a screencap of what appears to be redacted employee salary of some employees that was transmitted via email and posted on an unnamed social media account. The screen cap was then re-shared on Twitter. DataBreaches.net is not posting it at this time because its genuineness has not been confirmed. Nor has the type of ransomware been reported or any ransom demand. This stake will be updated if more info becomes available. Reporting by Chum1ng0 and Dissent; editing by dissent