Security News > 2022 > February > News Corp discloses hack from "persistent" nation state cyber attacks
The attack discovered sometime this January, reportedly allowed threat actors to access emails and documents of some News Corp employees, including journalists.
In a Securities & Exchange Commission filing seen by BleepingComputer today, News Corp shared that one of its systems had been subject to "Persistent cyberattack activity."
Although there is no indication so far of customer or financial data held by the company being affected, News Corp has engaged an external cybersecurity company, Mandiant, to assist with the investigation.
WSJ who first reported on the incident states the breach affected major news arms of the conglomerate including The Wall Street Journal, New York Post, and the company's U.K. news operation.
According to WSJ's report, the incident allowed threat actors to access emails and documents of some News Corp employees, including journalists.
While disclosing further risks to its IT infrastructure, News Corp stressed, the cyber risk insurance policy it has in place may not be sufficient "To cover all losses from any breaches" that have occurred or may occur in the future.
News URL
Related news
- Bybit Hack Traced to Safe{Wallet} Supply Chain Attack Exploited by North Korean Hackers (source)
- Blind Eagle Hacks Colombian Institutions Using NTLM Flaw, RATs and GitHub-Based Attacks (source)
- ⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Router Hacks, PyPI Attacks, New Ransomware Decryptor, and More (source)
- GitHub Action hack likely led to another in cascading supply chain attack (source)