Google has posted some more information regarding this topic to their own blog: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Paul Ferguson <[email protected]>wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Via SFGate.com (AP). > > [snip] > > Google Inc. said Tuesday it might end its operations in China after it > discovered that the e-mail accounts of human rights activists had been > breached. > > The company disclosed in a blog post [1] that it had detected a "highly > sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure > originating from China." Further investigation revealed that "a primary > goal of the attackers was accessing the Gmail accounts of Chinese human > rights activists," Google said in the post written by Chief Legal Officer > David Drummond. > > Google did not specifically accuse the Chinese government. But the company > added that it is "no longer willing to continue censoring our results" on > its Chinese search engine, as the government requires. Google says the > decision could force it to shut down its Chinese site and its offices in > the country. > > [snip] > > More: > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/12/financial/f1503 > 41S73.DTL > > - - ferg > > [1] http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.3 (Build 5003) > > wj8DBQFLTQ7Xq1pz9mNUZTMRAr75AJ9I3ZHqX8AkED0+pI1bZ0pelGyAFwCghs0F > OHdIR7ULba7hpnvdkjY/Ycg= > =UzYL > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson > Engineering Architecture for the Internet > fergdawgster(at)gmail.com > ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. >
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