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Report: China Hackers Targeted Spy Info from Google

As part of a sophisticated counterintelligence operation, Chinese hackers who infiltrated Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) during a high-profile 2010 breach reportedly gained access to a secret database with information containing data about U.S. surveillance targets.While the initial breach was revealed by Google, the apparent intent of the hackers to discover the identities of Chinese spies operating in the U.S. who were being watched by American law enforcement agencies was reported by The Washington Post .The operation underscores the sophisticated nature of cyber espionage operations targeting major U.S. companies from hackers around the world, some of whom may be representing foreign governments.According to the Post , it's not clear how much information the Chinese hackers were able to glean from the attack, but the breached database contained information about court orders signing off on surveillance.A successful attack may have given China a heads up about spies in the U.S. who kept Gmail...

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