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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.'"
Why should Google be surprised. The funny thing is that all Google will be able to do is fire that person. And then they will get to take a job with a Baidu (or may already be working for them).
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
After the investigation, of course they will invite every Google China employee to join them in the USA for a presentation of the results...!
Actually, that's the whole investigation. People who have "family obligations" or who are "afraid of airplanes" are the ones to look at!
Thank God you explained what a trojan does. I almost thought I was on a tech website and the community would know that definition.
This is Slashdot. Every summary must have at least one grammatical error.
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I bet it was your run of the mill social engineering. Someone on the attacking side befriended someone on the inside and either coaxed the information out, or just waited until they mentioned it in passing. Once they knew who to target, they could then pump this employee to see if the attack was having any effect, from the perspective of an insider.
It could be a Facebook friend, it could be a normal face-to-face friend, or it might be a "swallow". Governments certainly use this method of social engineering, but I would be quite surprised if companies do not do it as well.
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How is the Riemann zeta function like Trump rallies? Both have an endless number of trivial zeros.
the ultimate atrocity is the poster's use of "it's"?
A trojan is a hidden program allowing unauthorized access to a computer.
Yes thanks! This is definitely news to the average /. reader. I never knew that!
Well, you know how well informed those English majors are about engineering topics, right? How could it be any other way with an engineer's usage of the language?
If Google finds anything, this could have serious reprecussions for foreign companies hiring in China and Chinese students seeking green cards/employment in the US, especially in high-tech areas. Does anyone else think that mandatory background checks might be put in place to screen candidates, beyond simply assessing technical skills?
If so, it's a good time to be Indian or Taiwanese/Korean, if you're competing with Chinese candidates.
Though I do hope if this doesn't result in hiring discrimination against Chinese candidates; most of them are bright cookies, and there may come a day when US tech companies need them more than they need us.