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Dow Jones publications were hacked

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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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.