Communist Chinese hackers accessed NY Times computers over 4 months, installed malware enabling it to access any computer in NY Times network, steal password of every employee, access 53 personal computers-BBC

1/31/13, "New York Times 'hit by hackers from China'," BBC

""Hackers from China have "persistently" infiltrated the New York Times for the last four months, the US paper says.

It said the attacks coincided with its report into claims that the family of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao had amassed a multi-billion dollar fortune....

The hackers had installed malware which enabled them to access any computer using the New York Times network, 

steal the password of every employee, and 

access 53 personal computers, 

mostly outside the Times offices.

The security firm found that in an attempt to hide the origin of the attack, it had been routed through computers in US universities which, the paper said, "matches the subterfuge used in many other attacks that Mandiant has tracked to China".

The Times said experts had found that the attacks "started from the same university computers used by the Chinese military to attack United States military contractors in the past".

They found the hackers began working for the most part at 08:00 Beijing time."...




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