Gaia, Program Attacking Google Password System

SAN FRANCISCO - cyber attack against Google last year, are known to attack the password system which controls user access to millions of Internet giants such services, including email services, and businesses.

Gaia, the name of the program to attack the password system, allowing users to sign in using a password for different services.

As reported by The New York Times, Tuesday (20/4/2010), Gaia attacking Google in December last year. At that time, your Gmail account's human rights activists and some large U.S. companies in China Successful broken. User passwords are not stolen, Google also took the initiative to make changes directly in the network security system.

Google spokesman noted, there is source code found in more than 30 Silicon Valley companies that become targets of attack. Source code, all from China. But China's government to dodge that they are involved in this attack.

The tension between Google and the government of China is increasing as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton officially announced things related to internet censorship in January through his speech. While China, said that companies working in the country must respect and abide by their rules.

Not unexpectedly, cyber attacks that occurred in December which is subsequently lit a feud between Google and the government of China. Both attacks were blamed each other ridden particular interests. In the end, Google decided to leave and direct access to Google Google China Hong Kong are free sensors.

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