Security Consultant Wrote Code for Google Hack
The net is closing on China's Google hacker.
The Financial Times says investigators are closing in on the person responsible for the highly controversial "Google hacking" that affected top search engine, Google, as well as many other companies.
Last week news reports said the hackings had been traced to two schools in China, one of which has close ties to the Chinese military. Now, the Financial Times says a freelance security consultant wrote the part of the program. Citing a researcher working for the US government, FT reports that this consultant (believed to be in his 30's) posted pieces of the program to a hacking forum, describing it as something he was "working on" and that Chinese officials had special access to the work.
According to the US team who uncovered his role, the man who wrote the code, which takes advantage of a previously unknown flaw in IE, is not a full-time government worker, did not launch the attack, and "would prefer not be used in such offensive efforts"

Have rejigged things. It's not exactly a well written headline but hopefully you'll find it's a little more accurate.
It comes down to the fact that if the 'People's Republic' is the attacker, it was a major breach in national security, orchestrated by another world super-power. If the Chinese Gov is responsible, they need to be held accountable. And since their entire economy is based on exporting all their crap to the US, we have quite a bit of power to do so.
It comes down to the fact that if the 'People's Republic' is the attacker, it was a major breach in national security, orchestrated by another world super-power. If the Chinese Gov is responsible, they need to be held accountable. And since their entire economy is based on exporting all their crap to the US, we have quite a bit of power to do so.
How do hackers make money? WHy do they hack? Just to be dicks? I'm sure if Mircosoft said "from now on any vulnerabilities you find are worth $10,000" it would go a long way in curbing down hacking/malware etc. Would probably boost their sales too.
"Death spiral: A tragedy in two parts"
China sells goods to the US. China then uses economic power to buy treasury bonds (maintaining the value of the dollar).
The US is addicted to Chinese goods. It's economy simply would not work if it didn't have access to cheap tools, from laptops to networking devices to construction equipment. Not to mention the entertainment industry's reliance on cheap production/distribution equipment.
Go after China full force and drag both countries down? Ignore it for diplomacy's sake? Prosecute it via civil means as an empty show of distaste? Decisions... Decisions...
Wasn't intentional. Just trying to find an appropriate title that's within our very tight character restriction for headlines. "Author of code for Google China Hack" won't fit but I'll see what I can figure out.
Have rejigged things. It's not exactly a well written headline but hopefully you'll find it's a little more accurate.
That's why you're the only one who holds credibility around here.
Guess who wrote the Google hack code?
Then we'd all click on it and you'd get better viewership numbers
lol, so its a national security issue to hack IE6? don't make me laugh buddy cause in that case we've had a few thousand "national security issues" since IE6 was released.
Nah, it's fine. We'd much rather it be accurate over slick and flashy.
No matter what browser/os/punchcard they use to hack, if a world super power is hacking on US soil, it is a "national security issue". National security isn't just about warheads and airplanes. Economy is aurguably a more imporant factor
It's so the Chinese Government, mark my words!
(Hopefully this won't start World War 3)
seriously, this comment needs to be +20!!!!!
Blah blah blah, stuff has been hacked since computers were invented. Where it comes from is irrelevant, not to mention slightly retarded. China hacking a country it has a massive amount of money tied up in... Thats a lot like shooting yourself in the foot isn't it?
Fix the vulnerability, restore from backups, and move on. If it were ever a true National Attack you block the host country IP range on your core routers and its over and done with. If you are so worried about China, then become a hacker yourself and do something about it.
In the end, every attack leads to better software. This vulnerability has been fixed. Coders learn, the software gets better, and hackers have to work that much harder to get in. The system is always correcting itself. The attacks teach us more about our own vulnerabilities than they have done harm.
You're looking at it from a purely technical perspective. And if that was the only perspective, I'd agree with you 100%. But it's not. And that's the primary reason our gov has been involved with this investigation. If it was as simple as you say, they wouldn't be wasting their time.
They did? I thought they just asked China to investigate and China through a pie back at Hillary's face!
Build a better program, learn from your mistakes, and this isn't a problem no matter where it comes from.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7017511426?Congress%20to%20Investigate%20Google%20Charges%20Of%20Chinese%20Internet%20Spying
Hillary, Obama, and the US Congress.