Possibly retaliation for its coverage of scandal, possibly misdirection - Obviously a very sophisticated effort, and not the first time attacks originated in China.

Having snagged only one in forty five pieces of the installed malware, Symantec has some serious egg on its face.

I suspect we're going to see a lot of expansion in the internet security niche.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/technology/chinese-hackers-infiltrate-new-york-times-computers.html?hp&emc=na&_r=0