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An announcement by Google said that hundreds of Gmail accounts had been compromised in a “Phishing” attack from China Jinan Shandong Province.
The alleged goal of the effort appears to have been to monitor the contents of the users emails, with the perpetrators using stolen passwords to change individuals forwarding and delegation settings.
Why were Gmail users accounts targeted? The ‘Phising’ attacks were reportedly targeting U.S. Govt Officials personal accounts, rather than attempting to break into better secured federal operating systems–while much of the news reports have focused on Google attacks, Yahoo accounts allegedly were also attacked by China Spies.
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Related: White House Officials Targeted by Gmail Hack –Digital Trends
Sony & PlayStation Network Customer Data Posted Online –Epoch Times
China Military Calls Internet Key Battleground –Reuters
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