Chinese hackers attack New York Times

Chinese hackers have been attacking the New York Times, the newspaper revealed in an article posted on its web site. They have been allegedly attacking the publication’s computer systems and acquiring passwords used by reporters and employees. The report said the attacks coincided with the publication’s report on former Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. Published online on Oct. 25, 2012, the story reported how relatives of Wen Jiabao, China’s prime minister, had accumulated a fortune worth several billion dollars through business dealings. Security experts discovered the Chinese hackers “using methods that some consultants have associated with the Chinese military in the past, breached The Times’s network, the report added.

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