Monday 19 October 2015

Russian hackers reported to have breached Dow Jones for trading tips

Two people who were familiar with this investigation said the Russian hackers sought out information including stories being prepared to be published. Despite that strong denial (and shade thrown at Bloomberg’s reporting), CNBC received confirmation from the FBI’s New York office that it was indeed aware of the hack and investigating it. Inc, stealing information to trade on before it was released to the public, according to reports.

Bloomberg cited four anonymous sources in its report, one of whom said that the investigators had found that the intrusion may be over a year old.

However, a Dow Jones spokeswoman expressed skepticism about the Bloomberg report.

According to sources close to the case, the Russian hackers who hacked into the Dow Jones servers stole more than the Dow Jones Company had originally admitted.

Dow Jones, part of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, owns the Wall Street Journal, among other financial publications.

Dow Jones says in its annual report that its Factiva service provides global business content to about 1.1 million active users. For the full article click here 



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