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Google Investigating Chinese Employees

BluePeppers writes "The Guardian is reporting that Google China is investigating its staff about The Incident. '"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. Security analysts told Reuters the malicious software or malware used in the attack was a modification of a trojan called Hydraq. A trojan is a hidden program allowing unauthorized access to a computer. The analysts said the sophistication in the attack was in knowing whom to attack, not the malware itself.'"

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  1. Google is more powerful than I thought.. by brokenin2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I didn't know they could go back in time and undo the incident. Very impressive!

  2. Re:In lieu of? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    His grammar is down the lieu.

  3. it's aftermath! by bigmaddog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Irregardless of the actual story content, I find the poster's use of "in lieu" to be the penultimate atrocity vis-a-vis the English language.

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  4. Re:In lieu of? by Rary · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is Slashdot. Every summary must have at least one grammatical error.

    And "investigating it's staff" wasn't good enough?

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  5. the Chinese staffer's name ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... is In Lieu, you insensitive clods!

  6. In communist china... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    google googles you!

  7. Re:Somewhere in Mountain View... by e2d2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ENHANCE!

  8. Re:Somewhere in Mountain View... by NevarMore · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..and showing them text advertisements for criminal defence lawyers.

  9. Re:Somewhere in Mountain View... by Herkum01 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh my god, it was KEVIN BACON!

  10. Re:In lieu of? by wall0159 · · Score: 3, Funny

    C'mon, go easy - I wouldn't call failing to capitalize IT a grammatical error!

  11. Re:Spies everywhere by thetoadwarrior · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm drawing a good pay check from the Judean People's Front for spying on Google.

  12. Re:Spies everywhere by Arthur+Grumbine · · Score: 3, Funny

    Think outside the box. Think inside the globe.

    It's exactly this kind of Terran-centric Isolationism that has retarded the development of diplomatic relations with our closest neighbor. Reacting with fear to their obviously friendly overtures, doesn't help either.

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    Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.