NEWS CORP HIT BY CYBERATTACK

The media company News Corp. said Friday it was the victim of a cyberattack likely to benefit the Chinese government and that the intrusion targeted its businesses including the New York Post, Dow Jones and others.

The company detailed the scope of the attack in an email to employees and listed it on a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where the company said a preliminary analysis pointed to a foreign government targeting one of its third-party, cloud-based systems.

The cybersecurity firm Mandiant, which is investigating the attack, said that assessments point to a “China nexus.”

Dave Wong, vice president of incident response at Mandiant, said in a statement that the company believes the cyberattackers “are likely involved in espionage activities to collect intelligence to benefit China’s interests.”