<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"CBS News investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson's computer was accessed by an \"unauthorized, external, unknown party\" last year, the company concluded after an investigation.\nCBS News issued the following statement, which Attkisson tweeted in several parts on Friday morning:\n\n\u201CA cyber security firm hired by CBS News has determined through forensic analysis that Sharyl Attkisson\u2019s computer was accessed by an unauthorized, external, unknown party on multiple occasions late in 2012. Evidence suggests this party performed all access remotely using Attkisson\u2019s accounts. While no malicious code was found, forensic analysis revealed an intruder had executed commands that appeared to involve search and exfiltration of data.\nThis party also used sophisticated methods to remove all possible indications of unauthorized activity and alter system times to cause further confusion.\nCBS News is taking steps to identify the responsible party and their method of access.\u201D\n\n\nCBS Statement: A cyber security firm hired by CBS News has determined through forensic analysis that Sharyl Attkisson\u2019s computer...\n\u2014 Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) June 14, 2013\n\nSEE ALSO: Search Warrant Reveals How Feds Got Reporter's Gmails\n\nNobody is explicitly pointing any fingers at potential culprits quite yet. However, Attkisson hinted in a radio interview last month that she might be the target of government surveillance \u2014 similar to that conducted against Fox News Channel's James Rosen \u2014 for reporting on the attacks on the American diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, in September.\nWhen asked whether the government was monitoring her phone calls or emails, Attkisson replied as follows, as quoted by The Washington Post:\n\"Well, I\u2019m not ready to fully speak publicly about some things that have affected me because I\u2019m trying to be methodical and careful about what I say, but there has been an issue in my house and there\u2019s been an issue with my computers that\u2019s gone on for quite a long time that we\u2019re looking into.\"\nImage via Mario Tama/Getty Images\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://mashable.com/2013/06/14/sharyl-attkisson-computer/>