Australian-Chinese news site hit by cyber attack, says report

One of Australia’s largest Chinese-language media platforms came under cyber attack early in the hours of June 4, potentially putting users’ information at risk, The Australian newspaper reported Wednesday.

On Saturday morning, users of the news organization Media Today received authentication texts to their mobile phones after more than 20 million attempts were made to reset user passwords, the paper reported, citing a statement from the company. It was expected that 110,000 users would receive the verification codes, it said.

The company said the cyber attack took place between 1 a.m. and 8 a.m. on June 4, according to The Australian.