The New York Times reported on Thursday that it was the victim of a four-month cyberattack that originated in China. The intrusions may have been part of a shift by Chinese hackers to apply the same sophisticated infiltration techniques on foreign media that have been used in recent years to steal data from international corporations. The attackers cracked passwords and gained access to a number of computers, the newspaper reported, although it had a Symantec security system in place.
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New York Times Exposes Chinese Hackathon
Posted by: Peter Suciu January 31, 2013 03:12 PMThe New York Times reported on Thursday that it was the victim of a four-month cyberattack that originated in China. The intrusions may have been part of a shift by Chinese hackers to apply the same sophisticated infiltration techniques on foreign media that have been used in recent years to steal data from international corporations. The attackers cracked passwords and gained access to a number of computers, the newspaper reported, although it had a Symantec security system in place.