Chinese hackers hijacked the Forbes website and used it to target thousands of computers linked to blue-chip companies, including US defence contractors and banks, in one of the most brazen cyber spying campaigns apparently launched by Beijing-linked groups.
During a four-day period from November 28 to December 1 last year, any visitor to the Forbes website would have been infected by the Chinese attack, according to cyber security company iSight Partners. It blamed a Chinese hacking group it called Codoso.
Forbes said the vulnerability had now been closed. The company launched an investigation immediately after discovering files on its system had been tampered with and had subsequently found there was “no indication of additional or ongoing compromise”, it added