Google reports China-based attack, says pullout possible

By Jeanne Meserve and Mike M. Ahlers, CNN

January 13, 2010 2:34 p.m. EST

Google reported Tuesday an alleged attack on its corporate infrastructure last month originating in China.

 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Google said Tuesday the company and at least 20 others were victims of a "highly sophisticated and targeted attack" originating in China in mid-December, evidently to gain access to the e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists.

Read more:

http://tinyurl.com/ya4nyw

Related articles by Zemanta

• Google may leave China after cyber attack (money.cnn.com)
• Ahead of the Bell: Google's threat boosts rivals (sfgate.com)
• Hackers used malicious PDFs to attack Google and Adobe (infoworld.com)
• Google's China Situation (seekingalpha.com)