Google threatens to leave China after attacks on activists' e-mail

Posted by moopst on Jan 13, 2010 4:45 AM EDT
Washington Post; By Ellen Nakashima and John Pomfret 		Mail this story
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Google said Tuesday that it may pull out of China because of a sophisticated computer network attack originating there and targeting its e-mail service. The company said it had evidence to suggest that "a primary goal of the attackers was accessing the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists." The attack was discovered in December.

[Not really related to FOSS but certainly newsworthy I would say. - Scott]

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