WikiLeaked Cables Confirm China’s Politburo Was Behind Google Hacking Incident

http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/28/wikileaked-cables-china-google/

by abraham • 16 years ago

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iwr2• 16 years ago

This is not a new finding, Google is competent enough to realize who is behind such kinds of attacks. That's why they kicked up a big storm (threatening to leave China etc).

shib712• 16 years ago

There is a vast difference in "knowing" who was doing it, and having proof.

iwr2• 16 years ago

The cables are not necessarily proof.

cosmicray• 16 years ago

If you read that cable (which I have not) who will actually verify the authenticity of the content ?

I don't see the US or China confirming or denying anything.

tptacek3• 16 years ago

No, it confirms US suspicion of Chinese state sponsorship of that attack. But that's not news, even a little bit.

aptimpropriety• 16 years ago

To be fair, government confirmation of a 'contact' 'inside the Chinese parties involved' seems like at least somewhat of a new development. Maybe not 'proof', but definitely stronger evidence - maybe even a step beyond suspicion.

tptacek3• 16 years ago

The cables simply do not "confirm" China's involvement in the attack. Such confirmation, it seems to me, would be a blockbuster story worthy of the front page of CNN.

kvs• 16 years ago

People who can authoritatively talk about such attacks can't or don't talk. So, information out there is mostly anecdotal at best or just plain speculation. These cables add to that stack of information but from a much higher level of involvement. It may not be new or news but it's certainly from more credible source than what we usually hear from.

tptacek3• 16 years ago

I'm objecting to the wording of the headline. I'm sorry if it seems like I'm arguing that there's no story at all.

The "China's official involvement in Google hack confirmed" headline is a serious overreach.

danielharan• 16 years ago

TC manages to sensationalize a NYT story and get it all wrong.

I really wish reporters would link to or provide citations to the relevant cables.

irq2• 16 years ago

Has someone found the actual cable yet? All the cables released so far have been posted on http://cablegate.wikileaks.org/ but after sorting through them for a while, I can't find the one referencing Google.

irq2• 16 years ago

Looks like Google has indexed the new release, and a quick site: search shows a few references to Google, but none of them seem to be the one referenced in this story.

http://www.google.com/search?q=google%20site%3Acablegate.wik...

WikiLeaked Cables Confirm China’s Politburo Was Behind Google Hacking Incident

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