Google Is Not The Only Internet Site Attacked By China

Google China Cyberattack Part Of Spy Campaign -- MSNBC/Washington Post

Dozens of companies, human rights groups targeted in sophisticated strike.

Computer attacks on Google that the search giant said originated in China were part of a concerted political and corporate espionage effort that exploited security flaws in e-mail attachments to sneak into the networks of major financial, defense and technology companies and research institutions in the United States, security experts said.

At least 34 companies — including Yahoo, Symantec, Adobe, Northrop Grumman and Dow Chemical — were attacked, according to congressional and industry sources. Google, which disclosed on Tuesday that hackers had penetrated the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights advocates in the United States, Europe and China, threatened to shutter its operations in the country as a result.

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Google said it would stop bowing to Chinese Internet censors after
"highly sophisticated" cyber attacks on its systems. Photo AFP

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