Gmail users are not safe. Google fired a warning on Thursday about Chinese hackers trying to gain access to Gmail accounts. Instead of looking at ordinary Internet users, cybercriminals Gmail tried to undermine the U.S. military as well as "prominent persons", according to information from WSJ.com.
The attack was driven from the city of Jinan, 400 kilometers from the capital Beijing. Its purpose would not only get access to Gmail accounts of military, U.S. government officials, journalists, activists, Chinese and Asian officers, but also forward messages from who knows where.
According to Google, the attack was successfully contained. No information about the Gmail accounts, much less e-mails were sent. The search giant used the FBI in Washington to investigate the attacks. And Google says that U.S. government leaders were warned that their individual email accounts raided hacker (but still intact).
While Google does not claim that the attack was coordinated by the Chinese government, the company has not failed to say that the targets would be interesting only to the Chinese dictatorship (especially activists).
China denies having any involvement with this situation. The spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said it was "unacceptable" charge that kind of responsibility on the Chinese government tells us to Folha.com.
This week came under discussion in the United States a document, due for release next month, which deals with foreign attitudes on the Internet that could be considered acts of war, including the possibility of U.S. military retaliation.
