China Leadership 'Orchestrated Google Hack'

[faze]

Source: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11920616[/url]

[quote]
One cable, released by whistle-blowing site Wikileaks, cites a "well-placed" contact as saying the action against Google was "100% political".
A politburo member is said to have been angered after Googling his name and finding critical comments online.
The cable says it is unclear whether China's top leaders were involved.
Other cables show Beijing has been "extremely concerned" about the use of high-resolution satellite imagery on Google's mapping software, Google Earth.
In January, Google said it had been subjected to a "sophisticated cyber attack originating from China" - it said the e-mail accounts of human rights activists were among those hacked.
In the ensuing row over internet censorship, Google abandoned mainland China and moved its Chinese-language operations to Hong Kong.
The company did not say who it thought was responsible but the cables, released by Wikileaks and published on the Guardian website, show the company had repeatedly raised concerns about[/quote]
tl;dr, but you get the idea. Go to the link if you want the full story.

[smurfy]

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[Noth]

This is news?
We knew about this when it happened

[animephreak135]

[QUOTE=Noth;26495074]This is news?
We knew about this when it happened[/QUOTE]

They chalked it up to a "rogue team of hackers." There was only speculation that the Chinese government was involved.

[faze]

[QUOTE=animephreak135;26495302]They chalked it up to a "rogue team of hackers." There was only speculation that the Chinese government was involved.[/QUOTE]
Exactly the reason I posted it.

[Archy]

people tend to associate speculation with fact
more money in certainty

[Zeke129]

And people say the leaks are worthless information that serves only to embarrass the US government

[TheLittleBus]

Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate.

[Panda X]

[QUOTE=TheLittleBus;26496830]Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate.[/QUOTE]

Then rate late and leave. No need to post this nonsense. Also what about the people who haven't seen it?

Thanks Faze for bringing this to my attention regardless if it was posted before or not.

[Anteep2]

[QUOTE=Zeke129;26496596]And people say the leaks are worthless information that serves only to embarrass the US government[/QUOTE]

"1000s of people are going to die over thiS!!!!!!"

[poopsicle]

[QUOTE=Zeke129;26496596]And people say the leaks are worthless information that serves only to embarrass the US government[/QUOTE]

If it is worthless then why do the US government get embarrassed.

[doggelito]

[QUOTE=Anteep2;26504193]"1000s of people are going to die over thiS!!!!!!"[/QUOTE]

Considering it's China you might be on to something.

[SevenFiveSeven]

Explains why I get reports that someone in China accessed my account once in a while.