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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.'"
The analysts said the sophistication in the attack was in knowing whom to attack, not the malware itself
They were accessing mail, right?
C:\> ping mail.google.com
pinging googlemail.l.google.com [74.125.127.18]
Point of entry, anyone?
I didn't know they could go back in time and undo the incident. Very impressive!
...Although, if they had done a thorough job, there wouldn't be this Slashdot story, would there?
It must have worked. Apparently something so significant happened that people can just call it "The Incident" and expect others to know about it. Yet I've never heard of anything happening to Google, or originating from Google significant enough and shocking enough to be titled "The Incident". (The worst I've heard is about their camera cars going up the occasional private road). Their temporal cleanup crews must be pretty good.
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
Good job painting all L-1/H-1B employees as potential traitors.
And to the moderators, remind me how Slashdot modding works? Is it "+1 Interesting" and "+1 Underrated" for being a xenophobic?
Right, I forgot. USA! USA! USA! =P