> and after the Chinese government attempted to hack into the Gmail accounts of human rights advocates in 2009 Not really relevant to the story, but this was a

> and after the Chinese government attempted to hack into the Gmail accounts of human rights advocates in 2009 Not really relevant to the story, but this was always a lie. The reason that China hacked Google had nothing to do with spying on activists. It’s a cover story for a counter-intel op. China hacked the “PRISM”-like feature in order to see which of their spies had been burned, based on whether or not the US government had wiretaps on those accounts. https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-and-breaches/google-aurora-hack-was-chinese-counterespionage-operation/d/d-id/1110060 https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-and-breaches/google-auro... https://www.cio.com/article/2386547/-aurora--cyber-attackers-were-really-running-counter-intelligence.html https://www.cio.com/article/2386547/-aurora--cyber-attackers...