A cyber attack on multinational media giant News Corp targeted dozens of Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporters and was conducted by suspected Chinese hackers, according to an investigation by leading cybersecurity firm Mandiant. The purpose of the cyber attack appeared to be espionage, with information exfiltrated from email and Google Drive accounts since at least February 2020. Mandiant believes government-backed Chinese spies conducted the operation to gather intelligence based on the information that was targeted. Chinese hackers suspected of spying on “dozens” of WSJ reporters for years Mandiant is classifying the incident as a “persistent cyber attack” based on the…