nebula Posted February 19, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.93 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Updated February 19, 2010 Cyberattacks Traced to Computers in Chinese Schools FOXNews.com The Internet attacks that may end up driving Google out of China may have originated from two prominent schools in the country -- and began far earlier than previously thought. ~~ The recent cyberattacks on Google and other American companies have been traced by investigators to computers at two schools in China, including one with ties to the Chinese military, according to a New York Times report citing unnamed inside sources. The Times reported security investigators have traced the hacking to computers at Shanghai Jiaotong University and Lanxiang Vocational School in China. Google didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. The Times report also says that the attacks began much earlier than first thought, as far back as April, though questions remain about whether the Chinese government was involved in the attacks. The United States has urged Beijing to investigate the computer attacks against Google, but China has denied involvement in the Internet attacks and defended its online restrictions as lawful. Meanwhile, Google is not sitting still. Read the rest here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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