Russian hackers stole Dow Jones trade information

Hackers of suspected Russian descent would have broken into Dow Jones, the parent company of, among others, The Wall Street Journal. There they would have stolen confidential information about companies, presumably to make money.

The information comes from the generally well-established Bloomberg, but has not yet been officially confirmed. A group of Russian hackers is said to have broken into Dow Jones’ servers, but it is unclear to which group they belong. According to Bloomberg sources, the Russians wanted to loot information relevant to stock trading.

Dow Jones owns, among other things, the authoritative The Wall Street Journal. This business newspaper receives a lot of information from companies before it is made public. It is likely that the hackers wanted to use this business information themselves to gain financial advantage. However, it is not known whether that actually happened.

In a response, Dow Jones said it has found no evidence of stealing trading information from its databases. However, the FBI is already investigating the hack at the news organization, although he did not want to give any further information about the case. It’s not the first time hackers have been looking for trade information: Earlier this year, a group of Ukrainian hackers was convicted of stealing corporate press releases.

Although Dow Jones itself denies that sensitive information was stolen, the company announced earlier this week that hackers had stolen customer information. Information was allegedly stolen from about 3500 customers. According to Bloomberg, it is still unclear whether the two hacks are related.

American companies are more likely to experience hacking attacks attributed to Russian hackers. Government institutions are also said to have been hacked by Russian state hackers. Russia itself has always denied involvement in hacking attacks.