Security News > 2010 > February > Diverse group of Chinese hackers wrote code in attacks on Google, U.S. companies

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/19/AR2010021902643.html By Ellen Nakashima Washington Post Staff Writer February 20, 2010 Some of the computer codes used in the recent attacks on the networks of Google and dozens of other major U.S. companies were developed by a diverse group of Chinese hackers, including security professionals, consultants and temporary contractors, according to an industry source. The series of attacks, disclosed Jan. 12 by Google, were routed in part through servers at technical schools in China, a commonly used tactic that allows hackers to obfuscate their identity, said the source, who is familiar with the investigation into the security breaches. The source said that some of the contractors involved in the attack were based at Chinese and U.S. tech companies in China. He and another industry source said other servers in China were also used. The two schools whose servers were used are Shanghai Jiaotong University, a prestigious institution in China akin to Caltech, and Lanxiang Vocational School, both of which have links to the top ranks of information security specialists in China, said one of the sources. Neither source was authorized to speak on the record. The connection to the schools was first reported Thursday night on the New York Times Web site. [...] ________________________________________ Did a friend send you this? From now on, be the first to find out! Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.org

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