Earlier news reports noted the earlier attacks on units of Cambridge University, but apparently it has spread to Cambridge University Press, bringing editorial and production activities to a halt.  I have not seen a news report about the latter, but CUP has told some authors about the problems, which have affected thousands of CUP computers and laptops.  Authors should expect delays.  Email me if you see any news reports or if CUP issues a statement.

ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE:  CUP has now posted a statement, although it's not highly informative.  (Thanks to Matt Kramer for the pointer.)

ANOTHER:  Volker Halbach (Oxford) writes:

The cyberattack is not the only problem with CUP. Graham Leigh and I decided to publish a jointly written book with CUP, because they did an excellent job with my monograph in 2011. Also this time their philosophy editor, Hilary Gaskin, proved to be highly competent, responsive, and helpful. Problems started when the project was handed over to the production team. We submitted a proofread and typeset pdf file, ready for printing, in March 2023. We are still waiting for publication. The cyberattack is the first time we have been given a reason for the delays.

STILL MORE:  Linguist Geoffrey Pullum (Edinburgh) writes:

The trouble at Cambridge University Press is much worse than reported by Volker Halbach, and not related to the cyberattack. The production of a linguistics book that I worked on in 2021-22 was a nightmare battle against incompetence (a completely incapable typesetting firm in the south of India mangled the submitted file, and CUP personnel did not know how to deal with the resultant mess); and now I find that CUP cannot even arrange for adequate book manufacture. My copy of [name omitted's] new book (free of any Indian typesetting botches because [the author] typeset it himself with LaTeX) was literally falling apart fresh out of the delivery envelope: multiple pages, starting with the title page and the preface, are simply not attached to the binding at all, and just drop out on the floor. CUP was once an operation to be admired, but it seems to me that in recent years it has been losing its expertise at producing academic books.