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(Reuters) - Suspicion that some individual or entity in China was behind a recent cyber attack on Lockheed Martin is growing among experts and agencies looking into the incident.
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Likewise, Google said on Wednesday that it had reason to believe that a hacker attack targeting some of its Gmail account holders appeared to originate in China.
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The Chinese government rejected Google's allegations, saying that accusations that China fomented hacking "have ulterior motives" and that it was "unacceptable" for the company to blame Beijing.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7517B120110602
I'll refrain from saying anything at the moment. At the very least, I think it would be nice to spread awareness that high-profile cyber attacks have been on the rise recently. For the most part, cyber attacks on major companies and defense contractors are kept secret by the attacked companies, so as not to compromise customer-trust. Google, notably, went against the mold and publicly announced high-profile attacks on its network months ago, which have generated a lot of talk.
In a separate, and very likely unrelated, issue, Sony has recently been the victim of repeated cyber attacks that have been called a public embarrassment for the company, a multi-billion dollar legal and moral issue and a huge wake-up call for similar companies.
The United States, in the past few days, has announced plans that may include the possibility of military retaliation in cases of extreme cyber attacks.
Lockheed Martin is the world's largest defense contractor, and receives the majority of its revenue from the United States Department of Defense.
Google is the world's largest Internet company, whose collection of Internet properties are used by more than half of all Internet users worldwide. Gmail, the service targeted in the attacks, acts as the email service for approximately 200 million users.