<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/1/13 Rick Moynihan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rick.moynihan@gmail.com">rick.moynihan@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
This seems like a big deal:<br>
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<a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html" target="_blank">http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html</a><br>
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Essentially Google are standing up to the Chinese government who are<br>
repeatedly and systematically attacking their infrastructure... It<br>
looks like the Chinese government are doing this to get information on<br>
Chinese human rights activists.... Though there's doubtless lots of<br>
corporate espionage going on.<br>
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Here's an analysis by Northrop Grumman on how the Chinese Government<br>
organise their hacking attempts:<br>
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<a href="http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/china-cyberwar/" target="_blank">http://www.thomascrampton.com/china/china-cyberwar/</a><br>
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</blockquote><div><br> They appear to be using an exploit in Internet Explorer to mount these attacks<br><br> <a href="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/354832/internet-explorer-flaw-led-to-google-china-attacks">http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/354832/internet-explorer-flaw-led-to-google-china-attacks</a><br>
<br> Gordon<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Good to see Google taking a stand.<br>
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R.<br>
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