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Minor correction, it was not attacked to access accounts of human rights campaigners. It was leaked 2 months ago that Google lied about this and that the actual
by lawnchair_larry 13y ago
Minor correction, it was not attacked to access accounts of human rights campaigners. It was leaked 2 months ago that Google lied about this and that the actual purpose was to see which of China's spies google were watching under NSL/FISA orders. So yes it was clearly Prism that they were accessing.
- temphn 13y agoWow. Looks like you're right. The breach appears to have been aimed at unearthing the identities of Chinese intelligence operatives in the United States who may have been under surveillance by American law enforcement agencies. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/chinese-hackers-who-breached-google-gained-access-to-sensitive-data-us-officials-say/2013/05/20/51330428-be34-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/chines...