Chinese Cyber Attack on Google

Chinese schools identified by the New York Times as being responsible for cyber attacks on Google have denied any such accusations. According to The New York Times Shanghai Jiatong university and the Lanxiang Vocational school are affiliated with the military and are the sources of ip addresses responsible for the attacks on Google.

"The report of the New York Times was based simply on an IP address. Given the highly developed network technology today, such a report is neither objective nor balanced," a Shanghai Jiaotong University spokesperson told China's official Xinhua News Agency, according to a report on its Website.

Li Zixiang, an official at Lanxiang, said its own investigation revealed no trace that the attacks originated at the school, according to Xinhua. 


Google announced in January that it had been the target of attacks aimed at stealing intellectual property and identifying human-rights activists seeking reforms in China. The incident prompted the Internet search giant to reevaluate whether it will continue doing business in the country.