NewsCorp hit with cyberattack allegedly from China

Multinational media corporation News Corp was the target of a cyberattack that exposed emails and employee documents - including those belonging to journalists, the company confirmed on Friday. To investigate, News Corp has hired cybersecurity firm Mandiant, which says the attack has a "China nexus. "News Corp, which owns The Wall Street Journal and its parent Dow Jones, the New York Post, MarketWatch and Realtor.com, along with U.K. news outlets, among others, says the incident was detected on Jan. 20, and affects a "number of publications and business units," including the Journal and the Post.

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