Suspected Chinese hackers hit News Corp with 'persistent cyberattack' in January
Source: CNN
News Corp suffered a "persistent cyberattack" in January, the company said Friday, and investigators believe Chinese spies may be responsible.
The media conglomerate, whose publications include The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post, said the hack targeted one of its IT providers and that the attackers succeeded in stealing some unspecified data.
News Corp (NWS) hired cybersecurity firm Mandiant (MNDT) to investigate the breach. The firm "assesses that those behind this activity have a China nexus, and we believe they are likely involved in espionage activities to collect intelligence to benefit China's interests," David Wong, vice president of consulting at Mandiant, said in a statement.
The incident did not appear to affect systems holding customer and financial data, News Corp said.
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That or their IT guys are plain incompetent.
Ford_Prefect
(7,901 posts)Putin's publicist haz a sad, oh my!
EYESORE 9001
(25,941 posts)Im guessing zero.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)Deep State Witch
(10,427 posts)On one hand, I despise the Chinese hackers. On the other....
tenderfoot
(8,437 posts)eom
samsingh
(17,599 posts)melm00se
(4,993 posts)Mawspam2
(731 posts)David Wong? Uh-huh.