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Google Attack Traced To Chinese Schools
Doug Caverly
Staff Writer
2010-02-19
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The physical sources of the online attacks that targeted Google, Yahoo, Adobe, and many other organizations have been fairly well pinpointed, according to a new report. The supposed starting points: computers at two Chinese schools.
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This information comes courtesy of John Markoff and David Barboza (along with their unnamed sources). They identified Shanghai Jiaotong University and the Lanxiang Vocational School as the schools investigators have linked to the hacks.
This seems to have been determined with a high degree of certainty. Unfortunately, it remains unknown who was behind the attacks, and individuals, companies, and governments all remain under suspicion.
Apparently one school has ties to the Chinese military, so Chinese authorities could be involved. But the attackers did try to steal corporate trade secrets, so no one's ruled out industrial espionage as a motive. And, somewhat randomly, a Ukrainian professor has also turned up on the investigators' radar.
It's impossible to say whether the list of suspects will ever be further narrowed (and at this point, it almost looks unlikely that we'll ever see a perpetrator named). Perhaps the investigation has led to increased cooperation among the companies that were attacked, at least.
About the Author:
Doug is a staff writer for SecurityProNews, InternetFinancialNews, SearchNewz, and WebProNews.
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