Business publications owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., including The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s, found evidence of hacking to their systems going as far back as 2012, reports Kaja Whitehouse of USA Today.
Whitehouse writes, “Company officials said the breach was ‘likely part of a broader campaign involving a number of other victim companies.’
“In a letter to customers Friday, William Lewis, CEO of News Corp.’s Dow Jones unit, warned of ‘unauthorized access to our systems’ from August 2012 to July 2015 that may have affected at least 3,500 credit cards.
“Dow Jones runs The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and online financial publication MarketWatch.
“Lewis’ letter said there is no evidence any information has been stolen. The focus of the attack appears to have been to obtain ‘contact information such as names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers of current and former subscribers in order to send fraudulent solicitations,’ the CEO warned.”
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