Chinese officials 'actor behind' attack on Google


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Chinese top officials behind the cyber attack against Google which then pushed the company to pull out of China, thus said the leaked contents of the diplomatic wires on Wikileaks.
One wire diplomatic, who leaked the site known as a place of leakage of confidential information,''says the contacts have a good position against Google's''state action''100%''political.
A member of the politburo of the Communist Party of China reportedly angry after searching for information related to its name with the company's Internet information search engine
Google and find the criticisms against him on the internet.
Wire states is not clear whether the Chinese top leadership was involved in an attack on Google.
The contents of some other wire communications to show Beijing''very concerned''over the use of high resolution satellite imagery on Google's mapping software, Google Earth.
In January, Google said it has become the target''sophisticated cyber attacks originating from China.''
Internet information search engine company that when it says your email account several human rights activists participated targeted hacker attacks or hackers.
In a dispute later about Internet censorship, Google flee from the Chinese mainland and moved his operations in the Chinese language to Hong Kong.
The company did not declare party that he thought responsible for these attacks before, but the wire, which was released on Wikileaks and the British newspaper the Guardian, shows the company several times expressed his concern about the problem.'Forbidden fruit'Google operations in China worth billions of dollars
Google operations in China's Internet market is worth billions of dollars
The BBC's Nick Childs said the allegations contained in the wire it will reinforce the perception that the Chinese government is very sensitive to the existence of the Internet and the suspicion that China was behind the hacking attacks against Google.
One of the diplomatic wires that are sent from the U.S. embassy in Beijing called a''contact who has a good position''declared''the Chinese government to coordinate the burglary of the Google system recently.''
''According to our contacts, a highly secret operation was directed [by people] at the level of the Working Committee of the Politburo,''said the contents of the wire earlier.
The source, whose name was deleted from the script that leaked wire, told the United States that the operation against Google is''100%''politically, rather than undermine the influence of Google in China and profitable domestic internet search engines information on China, like Baidu.
However, the authors noted''wire is not clear whether President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao know anything about these acts is "before Google publicly announced his worries.
Wire also reported concerns on the part of the Chinese government said that, by challenging the government's censorship of the Internet, Google is making itself more attractive for Chinese Internet users and create an impression that the United States and Google work together''to undermine the Chinese government's control over the internet ".
"Suddenly, added XXXXXXXXXXXX, Baidu seems like a boring government-owned businesses, while Google" look more attractive, like the forbidden fruit,''the document says diplomatic communication.
The wire was dated May 18, 2009, the U.S. diplomat quoted a Chinese source as saying "the root of the problem" a member of the politburo standing committee whose name was not mentioned that Google no longer wants to link up version of its international search engine with a sanitized version (the version that has been censored, google. cn.
The politicians said in the wire''had recently been discovered that Google's international sites are not censored, and can be present in Chinese search and search results.''
Politburo member was reportedly searching for information about his name and find Internet sites that criticize him personally.
Google's adamant refusal to revoke the link between international and Chinese versions, citing the principle of anti-censorship, and finally left the Chinese mainland.
Wire said, although the U.S. can not confirm or deny the accusations against Beijing,''the potential for ongoing escalation [performed] by the Chinese, with the assumption that Google still at the beginning of establishment - and the possibility of harsh criticism from Congress and U.S. public if he [Google] surrender - responses indicate a high level [by the U.S. government] may be necessary''.
In January thereafter, U.S. Secretary of Hillary Clinton urged China to investigate allegations of hacker attacks overall.
States''or individuals who engage in cyber attacks will face consequences and international condemnation,''he said.

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