Wow. The New York Times has reported that its computers suffered sustained attacks by Chinese hackers.
After probe into premier, @NYTimes says #hackers in #China stole top reporters' passwords, @JethroMullen reports: http://t.co/kmQcJGzg
— Eliott C. McLaughlin (@ByEliott) January 31, 2013
More from CNN’s report.
The newspaper said that the security experts it used to counter the attacks had accumulated “digital evidence that Chinese hackers, using methods that some consultants have associated with the Chinese military in the past, breached The Times’s network.”
Asked about The Times’ allegations on Thursday, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that “all such alleged attacks are groundless, irresponsible accusations lacking solid proof or reliable research results.”
Well, a CNN on-air report about the hacking was not shown in China.
The New York Times hacked in China after investigation on Chinese PM kin. Now Chinese TV blacking out CNN’s reporting about NYT hacking
— Faith M. Karimi (@FaithMKarimi) January 31, 2013
#China hacks #nytimes and then blacks out @CNN news story coverage. #Nofreespeech #shady
— Grant Kenney (@GrantKenney) January 31, 2013
Indeed. Evidently, that doesn’t fit in with their state-run media.
Twitchy will continue to monitor this story and update with any further developments.
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