Investigators Get Closer to the Google Attackers
By Chris Weiss 
U.S. investigators have been hard at work tracing the Google attack that we learned about early this year and they’ve narrowed it down pretty tightly. The attack, which affected not only Google but over 30 other companies, has been traced back to an Asian group using Chinese computer systems. Intelligence and law enforcement officials recognize patterns within the attack that suggest the group is connected to past attacks in addition to this most recent one. The group in question has a history of targeting corporations and stealing information.
The attack software appears to have been written by the group itself. The software created back doors into the companies’ networks so that the group could repeatedly enter and access information. It’s not known what specific information the group was after.
Though the group used Chinese computer systems, investigators have not definitively linked it to the Chinese government. The government has denied any connection to the attacks. [via WSJ] [Photo: N1NJ4]
