Apologies, I just saw that Gadi Evron also shared this link in an earlier post.
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Burian, Matthew J. <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
