China-based hackers tried to acquire intelligence to rival the $39m takeover bid launched by BHP Billiton Plc on the world leading potash producer PotashCorp. of Saskatchewan Inc. in August 2010 by targeting Canadian law firms handling the deal, according to a press report.
Bloomberg explained that, according to Daniel Tobok, president of Toronto-based Digital Wyzdom – a cyber security company which was hired by the law firms to assist in the probe – the hackers successively rifled secure computer networks from September 2010 before hitting seven different...