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To Catch a Thief: China’s Rise to Cyber Supremacy

Ep 2: Then They Came for Us

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For the last four months, Chinese hackers have persistently attacked computers here at the New York Times. The paper says the hackers stole reporters' passwords and hunted for files on an investigation into the wealth amassed by the family of a top Chinese leader.

To Catch a Thief: China’s Rise to Cyber Supremacy

Ep 2: Then They Came for Us

430.425

And so it's kind of like they broke into the locksmith's office first, got the skeleton key, and then broke into this company HQ. How did they do that? It's unclear. Neither RSA is giving a lot of details about how it got hacked, nor is Lockheed talking a lot. But there's a lot of talk of what's called advanced persistent threat.