New York Times cyber attacked by Chinese hackers for four months after Wen Jiabao investigation
The New York Times was subjected to a four-month cyber attack by Chinese hackers who infiltrated major information systems and captured passwords of every single employee as part of a "spy campaign", the newspaper has reported.
53 employees have had their
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The attacks began last autumn as the newspaper published an investigation
into the family finances of the outgoing Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao. The
paper reported that an estimated $2.7 billion had been accumulated by relatives
of the former premier.
Chinese officials had warned the paper there would be "consequences" for the
article, published last October.
On Thursday the New York Times said that the attacks were consistent with
other hackings "believed to have been perpetrated by the Chinese military".
It reported that 53 of its employees had had their personal computers
accessed, including that of the Shanghai-based correspondent, David Barboza, who
broke the Wen investigation and a former Beijing bureau chief now based in
India, Jim Yardley.
The newspaper said that, fearing possible repercussions for the article, it
had asked an IT company to monitor activity on the networks beginning on October
24th, the day before the article was published.
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