The New York Times said Wednesday night that it had been targeted repeatedly over four months by Chinese hackers looking for information about an explosive investigation into that country's prime minister.
The paper said that it had ultimately repelled the hackers after hiring an outside security firm.
The stories, by Shanghai bureau chief David Barboza, appeared in October. They detailed the immense wealth of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and his family. The Times website was blocked in China when they were published, and some of its reporters there suddenly found that their visas had not been renewed.
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