Independent Movie Theater Chain Forced to Halt Shows After ‘Cruel’ Cyberattack

Across the street from Portland’s iconic Powell’s Bookstore, you’ll find Living Room Theaters, an independent cinema that woke up to disastrous news on Friday morning.

CEO Steve Herring confirmed on Facebook that the company was “cruelly and randomly hit by a cyberattack on late Thursday evening, November 13th.” The attack took down “critical computer systems” and made the company “unable to operate” its theaters in Portland and Indianapolis.

The theater was set to show the new…