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New York Post confirmed today that it was hacked after its website and Twitter account were used by the attackers to publish offensive headlines and tweets targeting U.S. politicians. New york post told CNN that the attack was due to disgruntled employee.
“The New York Post has been hacked. We are currently investigating the cause,” the daily newspaper tweeted shortly after removing multiple disturbing tweets published on early hrs of 27th October.
These offensive headlines and tweets referred to NYC Mayor Eric Adams, D-NY Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, NY Governor Kathy Hochul, Texas Governor Gregg Abbot, R-IL Rep. Adam Kinzinger, as well as U.S. President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.
The information on how the attackers took control of the NY Post’s website and verified Twitter account is currently unavailable.
This breach is similar to American business magazine Fast Company where a threat actor breached the content managing system (CMS).
Fast Company was forced to take down its website for approximately two weeks after the hacker pushed racist notifications to its readers’ mobile devices using the Apple News platform.
The attack was later claimed by Thrax, a member of the Breached hacking community, who also revealed the extent of the hack and how they breached the site’s CMS via its WordPress instance.
The attack was discovered in January, and it reportedly allowed threat actors to access emails and documents belonging to News Corp employees, including some journalists.
News Corp’s properties include New York Post, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, and the News UK British newspaper publisher.
