Google, fresh off a dispute with China over censorship and intrusion from hackers, says it has identified cyber-attacks aimed at silencing critics of a controversial, Chinese-backed bauxite mining project in Vietnam.In attacks it described as similar to but less sophisticated than those at the core of its spat with China, Google said malicious software was used to infect “potentially tens of thousands of computers,” broadly targeting Vietnamese speaking computer users around the world.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/world/asia/01vietnam.htmlAlso see:Google says Vietnam mine opponents under cyber attack
Internet giant Google says malicious software has been used to spy on tens of thousands of Vietnamese web users.The company said the cyber attacks appeared to target opponents of bauxite mining in Vietnam.Google said the malware was “damaging” but less sophisticated than recent attacks at the heart of the company’s dispute with China.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8596846.stmWeb attacks hit Vietnam bauxite activists – Google
Google Inc has said it identified cyber attacks aimed at silencing opposition to a Vietnamese government-led bauxite mining project involving a major Chinese firm, and said they were similar to those at the heart of the company’s friction with Beijing.The computer security firm McAfee Inc, which detected the malware, went a step further, saying its creators “may have some allegiance to the government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.”
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