The Wire: Google Security Edition
Summary: Google reportedly stopped censoring Chinese search results on Google.cn after disclosing targeted attacks on its corporate infrastructure aimed at Chinese dissident groups. Security firm iDefense, citing two anonymous sources, said Google traced the attack to a drop server holding its own data plus proprietary data suggesting at least 33 other companies had been hit, and Google also switched all Gmail users to always-on https encryption.
Why it matters: The iDefense report ties the Google intrusion to a July 2009 campaign against roughly 100 IT-focused companies using a then-undocumented Adobe Reader flaw and booby-trapped PDF attachments, and the drop server held data from at least 33 additional firms, banks and defense contractors.
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