'Chinese still hacking us,' says Wall Street Journal owner

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By Dara Kerr
CNET News
February 5, 2013

Several U.S. media outlets experienced a massive wave of cyberattacks allegedly 
coming from the Chinese military over the last few months. While some 
newspapers have claimed that their networks are now safe, the Wall Street 
Journal may still be a victim of the online onslaught.

The newspaper's owner Rupert Murdock tweeted today, "Chinese still hacking us, 
or were over weekend."

The Wall Street Journal confirmed last week that it had been the target of 
cyberattacks in recent months because of its coverage of China. Apparently, 
hackers infiltrated the newspaper's computer system through its Beijing bureau 
in order to monitor the paper's coverage of the Far East country.

The news came after The New York Times claimed that it was the victim of a 
four-month cyberattack where hackers stole the passwords of its employees in an 
effort to get information on sources and contacts for a story on Chinese Prime 
Minster Wen Jiabao. According to the Times, the methods these hackers used were 
similar to past attacks by the Chinese military.

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