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China's Politburo Behind Google Cyber-Attack?

theodp writes "While Wikileaks itself is under a DoS attack, details about the US State Department cables obtained by WikiLeaks are starting to come out via the mainstream media. Among the most newsworthy, reports Techcrunch's Erick Schonfeld, is one set which deals with the massive computer attack on Google and other companies which was first revealed last January. According to the NY Times, some of the new leaked cables point directly at China's Politburo for instigating the original attacks, which should shed some more light on why the White House and State Department backed Google so vociferously at the time. Developing, as Drudge likes to say."

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  1. Re:How the hell is this modded interesting? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I know why. Because Slashdot is full of irrational China-haters.

    No. That's not what Slashdot if full of...

  2. Re:headline? by rainmouse · · Score: 0, Troll

    So the USA suppresses information that china's government engaged in illegal hacking, and the USA is behind the DDOS attack on wikileaks. Why can't China be behind it after a US agent tells a chinese agent what is happening.

    I know because China is good and the USA is bad.

    Well it would take incompetence of monumental magnitude if the DDOS attacks came directly from government networks. The very logical choice would be to look at where has been a threat of cyber attacks recently in the news and pay some criminals from that country. Really the huge motive and endless press releases begging or emotionally blackmailing wikileaks not to release the documents sure makes it clear in most peoples minds who is really behind the DDOS attacks.

  3. Citizens of the U.S.A. be warned .... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "your Federal Governmnet" and its Executive Office and Executive Offiser ... have determined once and for all that the greates threat to the U.S.A. is the Civitzens of the U.S.A.

    The "Elbow to Obama's mouth" made plain the displeasre of the Citizens toward the Obama Monster n Chief.

    Glad tidings and "Way to Go" to the Marine who gave a "shot from the right" to Obama.

    24 Months to go. Then Obama will assume the history of dead Presidents.

    Good ridense