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2022
News Corp discloses cyberattack affecting employee accounts and documents
Issue disclosure
News Corp disclosed that digital intruders broke into email accounts and compromised data belonging to a limited number of employees, including journalists. The company said the breach was discovered in late January, and Mandiant said it had contained the breach. Mandiant assessed that those behind the activity had a China nexus; the source reports that this was an assessment, not a determination of responsibility.
Source excerpt
News Corp, which publishes the Wall Street Journal, said the breach was discovered in late January and affected emails and documents of what it described as a limited number of employees, including journalists. It said that cybersecurity firm Mandiant had contained the breach.
Digital intruders broke into News Corp email accounts and compromised the data of an unspecified number of journalists, the company disclosed Friday
we believe the activity affected a limited number of business email accounts and documents from News Corp headquarters, News Technology Services, Dow Jones, News UK, and New York Post.