A new approach to China
This is incredible. This is the first time, I have seen a LARGE company<p>* Putting its users above profits<p>* Stand up to Chinese Government.<p>Since accounts of human rights activists were targeted, this operation was clearly done at the behest of Chinese Government. I'm disgusted by the levels to which the Chinese Government can stoop.<p>It is time the world stands up to China. If a corporation, whose main aim is to generate profits can eschew it and take a moral high ground why can't the government do it? Are the cheap goods from china so necessary that it is not worth antagonizing China ?<p>EDIT: Additional details from Enterprise blog post <a href="http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/01/keeping-your-data-safe.html" rel="nofollow">http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/01/keeping-your-da...</a><p><i>It was an attack on the technology infrastructure of major corporations in sectors as diverse as finance, technology, media, and chemical</i><p>This is clearly an act of espionage by the Chinese Government. The bigger questions is whether these are the only companies targeted or the only ones discovered.  This is not the first time, the chinese have tried something like this.<p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7970471.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7970471.stm</a><p><i>The researchers said hackers were apparently able to take control of computers belonging to several foreign ministries and embassies across the world using malicious software</i>