Two Chinese Schools Said to Be Tied to Online Attacks – General

www.nytimes.com — A series of online attacks on Google and dozens of other American corporations have been traced to computers at two educational institutions in China, including one with close ties to the Chinese military, say people involved in the investigation. They also said the attacks, aimed at stealing trade secrets and computer codes and capturing e-mail of Chinese human rights activists, may have begun as early as April, months earlier than previously believed.

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torisefromashes 1 year 50 weeks ago

You know Chinese are ROFLMAO about this, because common sense says that vocational schools are bottom-rung. Only the people who have no other way out go there (unless they just simply quit education).

And to think Lanxiang was able hack Google. Whether they really did it or not, I guess the publicity/advertisement will be much much welcomed

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