Cybersecurity
News Corp. Says China Likely Behind Hack of Emails and Documents
- Hack said to be ‘limited’ and affected NY Post, Dow Jones
- Letter from company says attack discovered on January 20
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The media company News Corp. said Friday that it believes a foreign government was behind a recent hack of its computer systems. China is suspected of being behind the attack, according to a cybersecurity expert.
An internal memo to News Corp. employees said the company discovered “attack activity” Jan. 20 on a system used by several businesses, affecting a “limited number” of email accounts and documents that affected Dow Jones, News UK and the New York Post.