Cyberattack on Google Chinese Leaders Ordered, U.S. was Told

Searching_ _ _ · Dec 5, 2010

A brazen series of computer intrusions into Google networks in China announced by the search engine company earlier this year were directed by the highest levels of the Chinese government, a "well-placed" Chinese source told U.S. Embassy officials in Beijing in January.
The revelation was contained in a classified State Department cable, part of a cache of cables leaked to the site WikiLeaks and disclosed Saturday.
"A well-placed contact claims that the Chinese government coordinated the recent intrusions of Google systems," the cable said. "According to our contact, the closely held operations were directed at the Politburo Standing Committee level."
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Cyberattack on Google Chinese Leaders Ordered, U.S. was Told - Washington Post

Cutting_Edgetech · Dec 5, 2010

This information should have never been leaked. The Chinese know now that they have someone in their administration that is spying on them for the US. What do you think is going to happen to this person if they find out who it is?

Ocky · Dec 7, 2010

Similar vein fr. wikileaks.

China uses access to Microsoft source code to help plot cyber warfare, US fears

http://redmondmag.com/articles/2010/12/06/china-hacks-described-in-secret-us-cables.aspx

According to the June 29, 2009 cable, unearthed by the Guardian here, Beijing-based TOPSEC Network Security Technology Company Ltd. may have a direct connection to Chinese government-sponsored hacking attempts. TOPSEC is an enterprise spin-off of the China Information Technology Security Center (CNITSEC), which tests security software and oversees the Chinese government's IT security certificate program, according to the account.
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The cable alleges a relationship exists between CNITSEC spin-off companies, like TOPSEC, and Chinese government-sponsored hacking research.
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