News Corporation (News Corp), one of the largest mass media and publishing conglomerates in the world, recently disclosed that it suffered a data breach in 2022. According to the company, attackers first gained access to its systems in February 2020, two years before the breach was disclosed. The incident affected multiple news arms of the company, including The Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, and its U.K. news operations.
The attackers had access to an email and document storage system used by several News Corp businesses, and while they had access to the system, some personal and health information belonging to News Corp employees was accessed. However, the company stated that the breach did not seem to be focused on exploiting personal information and that there have been no reports of identity theft or fraud in connection with the breach.
According to News Corp, personal information accessed by the attackers included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, passport numbers, financial account information, and medical and health insurance information. Last year, when the breach was first disclosed, the company stated that the attackers were associated with a “foreign government,” and it was later revealed that the cyber espionage group had a China nexus.
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