https://techmonitor.ai/technology/cybersecurity/us-china-cyber-tensions-news-corp

News Corp revealed this week that data belonging to its journalists had been stolen in an attack which has been pinned on Chinese hackers. Cyber hostilities between the US and China have been ramping up in recent weeks, with the director of the FBI using a speech to highlight Beijing’s “thirst for power” and stating the agency is investigating more than 2,000 incidents linked to Chinese gangs. The News Corp breach is likely to be “the tip of the iceberg” in this respect, experts told Tech Monitor.

In an SEC filing, News Corp, which owns titles including The Times and the Wall Street Journal, said its journalists have been “the target of persistent cyberattack activity”. Mandiant, the company brought in to investigate the breach, which was first discovered last month, believe it to be the work of Chinese hackers “involved in espionage activities to collect intelligence to benefit China’s interests”. The disclosure came days after Christopher Wray, director of the FBI, used a speech to highlight the Chinese government’s “thirst for power” and the role cyberattacks play in this.