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Google Hacked, Says it Will Stop Censoring Chinese Search Results

Summary: Google disclosed that a highly sophisticated and targeted cyber attack against its corporate infrastructure in mid-December resulted in the theft of intellectual property, and that the same attack struck at least 20 other large companies. Google said the attackers' primary goal appeared to be accessing the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists, that only two Gmail accounts were accessed and only account information and subject lines rather than email content, and that it will no longer censor search results on Google.cn and may shut down the site and its China offices.

Key Takeaway: The attackers reached Google's internal systems and at least 20 other large companies, and the same Adobe Reader and Acrobat flaw used in these targeted attacks was patched only on the day of the disclosure - a reminder that a single unpatched client-side vulnerability can carry an intrusion into corporate infrastructure.

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