China Feature: Week in Review --- Beijing Denies Cyber-Attacks on US Newspapers (Lin)
Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 16:12Al Jazeera English's Listening Post discusses media security, including the alleged Chinese cyber-attacks on US newspapers
China Denies Hacking US Media
Chinese officials have denied claims by leading US newspapers that Beijing pursued cyber-attacks against them.
The New York Times said Chinese hackers have carried out “sustained attacks” on its computer systems, breaking in and stealing the passwords of high-profile reporters and other staff members.
According to The Times, the cyber-assaults began last October, after the paper published the investigative reporting of its Shanghai bureau chief David Barboza about the property holdings of family members of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
Barboza’s microblog account was gagged for some time last year. Both the English- and Chinese-language sites of the Times are currently banned in mainland China.