Security News > 2022 > February > Suspected Chinese spies break into cloud accounts of News Corp journalists

Online work accounts of News Corporation journalists were broken into by snoops with ties to China, it was claimed today.

The cyber-attack "Included the targeting of emails and documents of some employees, including journalists," wrote defense editor Larisa Brown.

Murdoch's Wall Street Journal also said [paywall] it was targeted along with its stablemate the New York Post and other publications.

What cloud-based systems could News Corp be referring to here, precisely? Well, we're not going to speculate but doubtless some readers will notice that the corporation appears to use Google for email, at least.

No further detail on whether the intrusions were state-sponsored, state-directed, or merely originated from Chinese servers was given by News Corp. Neither was any detail given on whether the attacks defeated security protections on a cloud provider's servers or whether luckless journalists had their work or personal devices or accounts individually compromised, giving the attackers direct access to email and file-hosting accounts and.

Along with the intrusion, News Corp also announced a $56m share buyback program today in a filing with the SEC. .

News URL

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/02/04/news_corp_china_compromised/