It was in December that Google fell victim to a highly sophisticated cyberattack that not only compromised their own sites but a number of others as well. It was later discovered that the attacks were implemented to gain unauthorized access to the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists.
Since then China had been silent on their involvement in the cyberattacks until now. In duel interviews with the state news agency Xinhua, China officially denied any involvement in the Google cyberattack.
An unnamed spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology stated that the “Accusation that the Chinese government participated in (any) cyberattack, either in an explicit or inexplicit way, is groundless and aims to denigrate China.” In another interview a spokesperson for China’s State Council stated that China’s desire to regulate the Internet was legitimate and should be free of “unjustifiable interferences.”
Google has threatened to completely pull out of China if any censorship of Google.cn continues. A decision that may very well come to pass, as China has stated Google can only operate in their country as long as they abide by their laws.
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