{"id":185,"date":"2023-02-27T01:40:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T07:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentprotect.com\/?p=185"},"modified":"2023-03-06T09:55:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T15:55:51","slug":"news-corp-breached-for-almost-two-years-involved-sensitive-data-now-notifying-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentprotect.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/27\/news-corp-breached-for-almost-two-years-involved-sensitive-data-now-notifying-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"News Corp breached for almost two years, involved sensitive data, now notifying victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Image source: Proimos, 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>One-sentence summary: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">News Corp was likely breached by a Chinese-linked APT for almost two years since 2020, involving Chinese intelligence and sensitive data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who was involved?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Potentially Chinese-sponsored threat actor, News Corp, News Corp employees, Mandiant (Google Cloud), and potentially random targets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What was the timeline?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February 2020: News Corp is breached by the threat actor (News Corp, 2023, p. 1).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 20, 2022: Breach is discovered by News Corp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February 04, 2022: News Corp goes public with the breach for the first time in their SEC Form 10-Q (News Corp, 2022a) (News Corp, 2022b). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February 05, 2022: News Corp tells the press the incident is &#8220;contained&#8221; after media attention from the 10-Q.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February 22, 2023: News Corp begins notifying specific parties of the breach (News Corp, 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What occurred?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">News Corp (parent of Dow Jones, Foxtel, HarperCollins, News UK, The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, realtor.com) discovered a breach of their &#8220;business email and document storage system used by several News Corp businesses&#8221; in January 2022 (News Corp, 2023, p. 1). News Corp quickly involved Mandiant in their incident response (McLaughlin, 2022, para. 3). China was attributed to the breach early in the investigation (McLaughlin, 2022, para. 5). News Corp began quickly disseminating CTI with the Media ISAO (Information Sharing and Analysis Organization) while also publicly confirming containment (McLaughlin, 2022, paras. 14-15). The threat actors allegedly sought documents for only China&#8217;s political interest (Marks &amp; Schaffer, 2022, para. 4). Victim&#8217;s\/employee&#8217;s data breached potentially included: &#8220;your name, date of birth, Social Security number, driver\u2019s license number, passport number, financial account information, medical information, and health insurance information&#8221; (News Corp, 2023, p. 1). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Estimated costs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mandiant incident response and breach notification costs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Involved laws: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal: HIPAA, Securities and Exchange Act of 1934<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State: Massachusetts: 201 CMR 17.00 and M.G.L.A. 93H \u00a7 1 (potentially other states involved). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Root cause: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TBA or N\/A (see disclaimer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lessons learned: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TBA or N\/A (see disclaimer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marks, J., &amp; Schaffer, A. (2022, February 7). <em>The News Corp breach illustrates how badly China wants to hack the U.S.<\/em> The Washington Post. Retrieved February 27, 2023, from https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/07\/news-corp-breach-illustrates-how-badly-china-wants-hack-us\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McLaughlin, J. (2022, February 4). <em>Hackers tied to China are suspected of spying on News Corp. journalists<\/em>. npr.org. Retrieved February 27, 2023, from https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/02\/04\/1078259252\/news-corp-china-hacking-cyberattack<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">News Corp. (2022a). FORM 10-Q. In <em>investors.newscorp.com<\/em> (No. 001\u201335769). United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved February 27, 2023, from https:\/\/investors.newscorp.com\/static-files\/bfac7437-a73a-4e2b-b4fa-d294b1088a48<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">News Corp. (2022b, February 4). <em>SEC Filings<\/em>. investors.newscorp.com. Retrieved February 27, 2023, from https:\/\/investors.newscorp.com\/sec-filings?field_nir_sec_date_filed_value=2022&amp;mobile=1&amp;items_per_page=10&amp;order=field_nir_sec_date_filed&amp;sort=asc&amp;page=3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">News Corp. (2023). NOTICE OF DATA BREACH. In <em>Commonwealth of Massachusetts<\/em> (No. B086387). Retrieved February 27, 2023, from https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/doc\/assigned-data-breach-number-29073-news-corporation\/download<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Proimos, A. (2011, July 5). <em>News Corporation Headquarters<\/em>. 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