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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Somewhere in Mountain View...

[Animats]

Somewhere in Mountain View, servers are now analyzing all activity of Google's employees in China. And their friend. And their friend's friends. And the people they email. And everyone who got in range of a Google security camera. And all the their friends. And the people they email.

Espionage Big risk of Overseas Outsourcing

[Anonymous Coward]

Espionage is a BIG risk in all Overseas Outsourcing. The overseas employees (or foreigners brought in on L-1 or H-1b visas) are ultimately loyal to their home country. If their country orders them to spy, turn over Intellectual Property, etc., don't be surprised! Google is not the big risk. Microsoft, for example, has a big tech center in China. One must wonder what sorts of spying, back doors, trojans, are being planted in Windows!

Re:Spies everywhere

[WindBourne]

The FBI pay their CS ppl at the same level that NSA, CIA, DOD, and NASA pay.

The prestige with NSA is that you DO work with bright ppl and yes, systems that will not be known about for decades. Finally, NSA pushes you to excel. FBI simply pushes you. And DHS is LOADED with absolute IDIOTS. More cronyism in there, and everybody that I knew in there were total idiots in the private world. DHS is one of those nightmares that should be destroyed.