Billionaires, hackers, the Chinese and The New York Times

Chinese hackers took notice to stories in 2012 about communist billionaires written about by newspapers like The New York Times and blogs like ThinkBillions.

The hack attacks began after the newspaper published "Billions in Hidden Riches For Family of Chinese Leader" on October 25, 2012, identifying the significant accumulated wealth of the family of Chinese prime minster Wen Jiabao.

Symantec, the software security company, has gone into corporate-pr damage-control mode over failure to block hackers on Times corporate pc's.

Stay tune for future hack attack updates.

China: A major perpetrator of cyber-espionage

"China is known to be the major perpetrator of cyber-espionage, and Huawei and ZTE failed to alleviate serious concerns throughout this important investigation. American businesses should use other vendors."
     --- committee chairman, Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich



Congressional Report:

"Huawei and ZTE cannot be trusted to be free of foreign state influence and thus pose a security threat to the United States and to our systems."