In the past four months,
Chinese hackers in repeatedly hit one of the largest newspapers in the U.S.,
the New York Times. In
its action, the hackers infiltrated the media office of the computer system and
stealing passwords (passwords) belonging to journalists and other employees.
However, after secretly track
the intruders, and study their mode of action, the NY Times helped several
cyber security experts managed to secure computer systems, drive out the
hackers, as well as create a layered defense that no longer compromised.
Reported by the NY Times,
Thursday, January 31, 2013, attacks for four months without stopping was
motivated by the NY Times investigative report about the Chinese premier
wealth.
In the news published online,
October 25, 2012 ago, the giant U.S. newspapers explained that families Wen
Jiabao, the Chinese premier, has amassed a fortune worth several billion
dollars result of a business agreement.
After four months, cyber
security expert hired by NY Times finally detecting and blocking an attack by
hackers, following the digital evidence. Unknown
hackers go through your e-mail David Barboza, NY Times bureau chief in
Shanghai, who wrote a report about Wen Jiabao relatives.
Not only that, the hackers also
open lines of attack through e-mail account Jim Yardley, NY Times bureau chief
for South Asia in India, who had also previously worked as a bureau chief in
Beijing, China.
"Fortunately, cyber
security experts have found no evidence that the hackers managed to steal
e-mail or files related to reports about the Wen family, downloaded or
copied," said Jill Abramson, executive editor of the NY Times.
The hackers also was known to
cyber penetration into a number of universities in the U.S., to launch an
attack from there, said one security expert Mandiant, a company hired NY Times.
"It
is a trick of hackers that they are difficult to trace the trail," he
said.
Hacking in action for four
months, stealing a number of successful actors keyword employee-owned, and used
it to access the laptop PC also owned 53 employees. Luckily,
the average PC is infiltrated outside the NY Times newsroom.
NY Times security experts do
not see evidence that the hackers find relevant information and reports about
the Wen family.
Sources :
http://teknologi.news.viva.co.id/news/read/386763-peretas-china--serbu--new-york-times
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