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Google’s about turn in China
Google has responded to what it terms “a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure” aimed at getting access to the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists by announcing its desire to stop censoring search results on its Google.cn website.
Writing on the official Google blog the company’s chief legal officer David Drummon [...]
Yahoo, Adobe Identified As Victims Of China Hack
When Google made its big announcement about an attack originating from China, the company also mentioned that “at least twenty other large companies” had been affected. Now, it’s become almost certain that one of them was Adobe, and there are signs that Yahoo was another target.
Adobe’s status as a victim became more or less official [...]
China gives first response to Google threat
Google’s China staff fear they may lose their jobs
China has said that foreign internet firms are welcome to do business there “according to the law”.
The statement, from Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu, is Beijing’s first response to Google’s threat to stop filtering content in China.
Google said cyber-attacks originating in China aimed at rights [...]
Security experts say Google cyber-attack was routine
Google has about 700 staff in its China offices
The cyber-attack that made Google consider pulling out of China was run of the mill, say security experts.
Google revealed its move following attempts to hack Gmail accounts of human rights activists.
The search giant said analysis showed that the series of attacks originated from inside China.
“This [...]