Friday, 24 March, 2023

China-based Hackers allegedly involved in ransomware attack on News Corp

<p>News Corp, in filings to the US Securities Exchange Commission, noted that it had been the victim of a cyberattack at some point in Jan. News Corp-owned The Wall Street Journal added to the filings that the attack was discovered on 20th Jan. David Wong, VP of Mandiant(US-based cybersecurity firm), blamed the attack on Chinese actors but did not present any evidence to back up his claim. The company said systems housing the customer and financial data were unaffected.</p>