It may be that they were threatening their family members or something. Google does have a lot of nice benefits. I took a short tour there a couple of weeks ago. Their campus is ginormus!
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > (picking jaw up off floor...) > > That surprises me. With all of the crazy pay and benefits I'v eheard that > Google employees receive, it would take a lot to turn them against the > company. Maybe China had a few agents planted. (Now there's an H'Wood film > waiting to be made.) > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: hellomahog...@gmail.com > Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:04:15 -0800 > Subject: [scifinoir2] Google probing possible inside help on attack > > > > Google probing possible inside help on attack > Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:15am EST > Related News > > - China says Google no exception to the > law<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60I0QS20100119> > 8:44am EST > - Little future for Google in China without > search<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE60D06820100114> > Thu, Jan 14 2010 > - China defends censorship after Google > threat<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60C1TR20100114> > Thu, Jan 14 2010 > - Google could find new road in > China<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60D0GC20100114> > Thu, Jan 14 2010 > - Factbox: Foreign firms that withdrew from > China<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60D0SD20100114> > Thu, Jan 14 2010 > > [image: A cleaner looks out from the lobby of Google China's > headquarters in Beijing, January 15, 2010. REUTERS/Alfred Jin] > SAN FRANCISCO/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Google is investigating whether one or > more employees may have helped facilitate a cyber-attack from China that the > U.S. search giant said it was a victim of in mid-December, two sources told > Reuters on Monday. > > Technology <http://www.reuters.com/news/technology> | > Media<http://www.reuters.com/news/media> > Google, the world's most popular search engine, said last week it may pull > out of the world's biggest Internet market by users after reporting it had > been hit by a "sophisticated" cyber-attack on its network that resulted in > theft of its intellectual property. > The sources, who are familiar with the situation, told Reuters that the > attack, which targeted people who have access to specific parts of Google > networks, may have been facilitated by people working in Google China's > office. > "We're not commenting on rumor and speculation. This is an ongoing > investigation, and we simply cannot comment on the details," a Google > spokeswoman said. > The investigation that one or more Google employees may have been involved > in the Google breach would represent one facet of a broader attack that > Google said targeted at least 20 other companies. > Adobe Systems Inc, Juniper Network Inc and Rackspace Hosting Inc have all > acknowledged being targets and a person familiar with the situation said > Yahoo Inc was also a target. > George Kurtz, the Chief Technology Officer of security software maker > McAfee Inc, wrote in the McAfee corporate blog on Sunday that the targeted > and coordinated nature of the attacks on various companies made them the > most sophisticated cyberattack the company had seen in years > Security analysts told Reuters the malicious software (malware) used in the > Google attack was a modification of a Trojan called Hydraq. A Trojan is > malware that, once inside a computer, allows someone unauthorized access. > The sophistication in the attack was in knowing whom to attack, not the > malware itself, the analysts said. > Chinese media, citing unnamed sources, reported that some Google China > employees were denied access to internal networks after January 13, while > some staff were put on leave and others transferred to different offices in > Google's Asia Pacific operations. Google said it would not comment on its > business operations. > TALKS SOON > Google, which has denied rumors that it has already decided to shut down > its China offices, said on Monday it contacted the Chinese government last > week after the announcement. > "We are going to have talks with them in the coming few days," Google said. > Google is also still in the process of scanning its internal networks since > the cyber-attack in mid-December. > China has tried to play down Google's threat to leave, saying there are > many ways to resolve the issue, but insisting all foreign companies, Google > included, must abide by Chinese laws. [ID:nTOE60E00I] > Washington said it was issuing a diplomatic note to China formally > requesting an explanation for the attacks. > The Google issue risks becoming another irritant in China's relationship > with the United States. Ties are already strained by arguments over the yuan > currency's exchange rate, which U.S. critics say is unfairly low, trade > protectionism and U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. > Washington has long been worried about Beijing's cyber-spying program. A > congressional advisory panel said in November the Chinese government > appeared increasingly to be penetrating U.S. computers to gather useful data > for its military. (Reporting by the Shanghai newsroom; Additional Reporting > by Alexei Oreskovic in San Francisco; Editing by Sanjeev > Miglani<http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&n=sanjeev.miglani&;> > ) > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it > now.<http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/> > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
