Chinese hackers bring cyberwarfare to The New York Times

January 31, 2013

Reblogged from VentureBeat:

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Media companies, it's time to fire up those firewalls.

The New York Times has reported that Chinese hackers secretly attacked its networks for four months. The timing of the attacks syncs with stories it ran investigating the family wealth of Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao, the newspaper said.

At the core of the attacks was the email account of Shanghai bureau chief David Barboza, who wrote the stories investigating Wen's family.

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