New York Times says victim of Chinese hackers
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | January 31, 2013 13:16The New York Times said it had fallen victim to hackers possibly connected to China’s military, linking the attacks to its expose of the vast wealth amassed by a top leader’s family.
The hackers have over the past four months infiltrated computer systems and snatched staff passwords, and their probing has been particularly focused on the emails of Shanghai bureau chief David Barboza, the newspaper said.
Barboza wrote a story published on October 25 that said the relatives of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao had made billions of dollars in business dealings.
The New York Times said that with the help of outside computer security experts, it had managed to kick out the intruders and prevent them from breaking into its systems again.
The Times said the hackers appeared to be looking for “the names of people who might have provided information to Mr Barboza,” but said there was no evidence that sensitive e-mails or files from the reporting were compromised.
“They could have wreaked havoc on our systems,” Times chief information officer Marc Frons said of the hackers. “But that was not what they were after.”
Facebook
Tweet This
RSS Feed
Email This Post
Loading ...
