Thursday, January 31, 2013

Has China Declared A Cyberwar Against The New York Times?

A Cyberattack From China: TimesCast: Chinese hackers infiltrated The New York Times’s computer systems, getting passwords for its reporters and others.

Hackers in China Attacked The Times for Last 4 Months -- New York Times

SAN FRANCISCO — For the last four months, Chinese hackers have persistently attacked The New York Times, infiltrating its computer systems and getting passwords for its reporters and other employees.

After surreptitiously tracking the intruders to study their movements and help erect better defenses to block them, The Times and computer security experts have expelled the attackers and kept them from breaking back in.

The timing of the attacks coincided with the reporting for a Times investigation, published online on Oct. 25, that found that the relatives of Wen Jiabao, China’s prime minister, had accumulated a fortune worth several billion dollars through business dealings.

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My Comment: The New York Times (and other media outlets) better get use to such attacks .... the web is an important source of revenues for these media outlets, and those who may not appreciate the coverage that they receive (i.e. North Korea, China, Iran, etc.) may as retribution start targeting these web properties and services.

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