Been reading up on Google's tussle with China and the Infosec issues involved, and one particular sentence whizzed by my eyeballs and fortunately stuck in my head.
At http://www.macworld.co.uk/... we read in some detail just what Google was seeing that caused it such concern, and provided the necessary evidence, to justify its belief that:
In this case, however, Google believes the attacks really were state sponsored, said Leslie Harris, president and CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology. "They wouldn't be taking an action suggesting that they cannot operate in China ... if it was not related to the Chinese government," she said.
OK.
But in reading that what caught my eye was this:
Drummond said that the hackers never got into Gmail accounts via the Google hack, but they did manage to get some "account information (such as the date the account was created) and subject line."
That's because they apparently were able to access a system used to help Google comply with search warrants by providing data on Google users, said a source familiar with the situation, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak with the press.
Excuse me?
Or just call me Mr Naive.
Google has a dedicated system in place to help Google comply with search warrants?
Whoa.
How often do they need to use it?
- bp