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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Refusal Google of censorship has displeased Chineses

Google trend

Refusal Google of censorship of search inquiries in China has displeased inhabitants of the country, informs BBC News. According to the Chinese correspondent BBC, many Chineses felt offended by the decision of the American company.

Thinking censorship

Censorship cancellation has provoked growth of nationalist moods at Internet users in China. So, on a popular web portal sina.com.cn there were messages in which Chineses have demanded that Google "left away the country".

Some partners Google in China also have declared the termination of cooperation with the searcher. So, Internet company TOM Online which owns a portal tom.com, has officially declared, that will not prolong the contract with Google. Earlier Chinese government has warned partners of the searcher about necessity independently to carry out censorship in case it will cease to carry out Google.

«Absolutely wrong decision»

However with condemnation of policy Google all inhabitants of China have acted not. At the Peking office of the company people who have expressed support to refusal of censorship have gathered. We will notice, that earlier the representative of the Chinese government named decision Google "absolutely wrong" and has expressed "discontent and indignation" company actions.

Google has stopped to carry out censorship of searcher Google.cn on March, 22nd, having given to the Chinese users possibility to carry out search by means of the Hong Kong version of the searcher. The decision to refuse censorship connect with December attack to corporate network Google which has been made from territory of China. On company Google official statement, personal data of several tens Chinese legal experts which use mail service Google Mail were the purpose of malefactors.

Monday, March 1, 2010

Burglars have cracked networks more than 100 companies

It is Google

The purposes of the hackers who have cracked in December, 2009 computer systems Google, were over hundred companies, informs IDG News referring to an estimation of analysts of the company iSec Partners, specialising on IT safety.

The planned hacker attack

Researchers have found out 68 servers belonging to hackers, allowing to operate the infected computers. The analysis of all of one of them has found out penetration into networks of 34 companies.

Breaking Google which has been carried out through vulnerability "Aurora" in browser Internet Explorer, has taken place in the middle of December, 2009. Later it was found out, that to breaking also have undergone Intel, Adobe, Symantec and a number of other large companies.

The Chinese indirect participation

According to the analysts, the corresponding harmful program has been created in China. Having promulgated this information, Google at which hackers have stolen some objects of intellectual property, has threatened to refuse censorship of results of the Chinese search and to leave from the local market.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Intel has suffered from attack of hackers

Intel

In January, 2010 corporate net Intel has undergone to scale hacker attack. The information on it is published in the annual report submitted Intel in SEC, writes CNet News.

The intellectual property has not suffered

Intel has not informed on attack publicly, however the representative of the company has confirmed the information containing in the report. Intel has not informed attack details, having noticed, that the company intellectual property in hands of hackers has not got.

In the report it is noticed, that Intel, as well as other leading computer companies, regularly is exposed to hacker attacks. The purpose of intrusions usually is industrial espionage or aspiration to destabilise work of a corporate network.

Attack, by recognition Intel, was thought over and there was approximately at the same time, as a breaking of corporate net Google. However Intel does not consider, that the given attacks are connected with each other.

Attack on Google

Representatives Google declared earlier, that have undergone to intrusion of hackers along with 20 other large companies. Attack on Google started with China, and hackers searched for the information on post accounts of the Chinese legal experts. Soon after promulgation of the information on breaking of network Google has informed, that will stop to carry out censorship of the Chinese segment of the Internet.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Adobe has confirmed message Google on network attack

Adobe

On January, 2nd network Adobe has undergone to attack. On it it is informed in a corporate blog of the company. At the moment incident is investigated by experts Adobe.

Gmail the Chinese legal experts

The message on an attack on network Adobe has followed in some hours after the message in official blog Google about the Chinese attack. According to corporation, to attack has undergone not only Google, but also at least other 20 large companies (on other sources — more than 30). As the Overall objective of these attacks Google considers access reception to accounting records Gmail of leading Chinese legal experts. Experts of corporation also underline, that malefactors have not reached the purpose.

According to experts of division on network safety iDefense companies VeriSign, for attack hackers used vulnerability in Adobe Reader. About hole existence in the popular program for reading of documents in format PDF Adobe warned still on December, 15th. During same time there was an attack on which corporation Google today has informed.

PDF vulnerability

The dangerous code thanks to which the malefactor could receive the control over the computer of a victim, extended by means of the electronic letter with a PDF-file. Vulnerability was present at all versions Adobe Reader and Acrobat up to 9.2.

Despite lacking direct charges to Beijing in message Google, scandal already left on the international level. Under last message AFP, US State Secretary Hillari Clinton has demanded from the Chinese authorities of explanations.

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