News Corp was targeted as a part of a cyberattack that accessed the data of some employees.
The main aim of the attack was likely to gather intelligence to benefit China’s interests.
The data like a limited number of business email accounts and documents were taken from News Corp headquarters.
Source: https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/news-corp-hit-by-cyber-attack/cid/1850580
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/newscorp
"id": "new235222",
"linkid": "newscorp",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "02/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Media',
'location': 'Headquarters',
'name': 'News Corp',
'type': 'Company'}],
'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
'type_of_data_compromised': ['business email accounts',
'documents']},
'description': 'News Corp was targeted as a part of a cyberattack that '
'accessed the data of some employees. The main aim of the '
'attack was likely to gather intelligence to benefit China’s '
'interests. The data like a limited number of business email '
'accounts and documents were taken from News Corp '
'headquarters.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['business email accounts', 'documents']},
'motivation': 'Intelligence gathering to benefit China’s interests',
'threat_actor': 'China-linked actors',
'title': 'Cyberattack on News Corp',
'type': 'Data Breach'}