Google says Chinese hackers broke into Gmail

Google Inc. is blaming computer hackers in China for a high-tech ruse that broke into the personal Gmail accounts of several hundred people, including senior U.S. government officials, military personnel and political activists.

The breach announced Wednesday marks the second time in 17 months that Google has publicly identified China as the home base for a scheme aimed at hijacking information stored on Google’s vast network of computers.

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One comment on “Google says Chinese hackers broke into Gmail

  1. Formerly Marion R. says:

    That explains why every time my gmail is hacked, I’m hungry an hour later