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WikiLeaks: Chinese Government Organized 2009 Cyber-Attack on Google

Effort gathered Chinese government agents, 
online security experts... even outlaw hackers


Items in the latest WikiLeaks document dump reveal that the 2009 hacking attack on Google, Adobe, and others -which led to the withdrawal of Google Search from the Chinese market-  was conducted Chinese government cyber-operatives, private security experts, and even Internet criminal hackers recruited directly by the Chinese government...
A global computer hacking effort: China’s Politburo directed the intrusion into Google’s computer systems in that country, a Chinese contact told the American Embassy in Beijing in January, one cable reported. 

The Google hacking was part of a coordinated campaign of computer sabotage carried out by government operatives, private security experts and Internet outlaws recruited by the Chinese government. They have broken into American government computers and those of Western allies, the Dalai Lama and American businesses since 2002, cables said. -NYT


The attacks on Google servers had come in the wake of differences over the communist Chinese forcing Google to filter/censor results. Subsequently, Google email accounts were hacked, IP theft was carried-out, and trojan-horse malware attacks arrived to Chinese dissidents and others in a Pdf file:
The "highly sophisticated and targeted attacks" - which Google said also affected 20 other large firms across a wide range of businesses - were traced to Chinese IP addresses. These hacking attacks also involved attempts to steal the search giant's intellectual property but the primary target appears to have been webmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists.
-The Register (UK)


And the Chinese have BIG plans in the area of cyber-warfare, too.  As they get better at breaking into our most secure systems, they are aggressively reinforcing complex defenses of their own. 

Israel's Stuxnet has not only hit Iran hard, but arrived in China as well.  This provides a lesson in the viability of "weaponized" computer viruses, and Beijing sees this as an opportunity to leapfrog the West's massive military advantages by implementing it on a grand scale -here-

Google Poll-of-polls Election Forecast Map... and Other Fun Facts

Google Maps now has joined forces with RealClearPolitics, Cook, Rothenberg, et. al. to produce this useful midterm tracker as Americans prepare en mass to pound a stake in the heart of the ill-fated 'progressive' movement... 

Lookin' good for the white hats... and grim for the White House:


Interestingly, Rasmussen reports that a majority of likely voters now say that any low-down congresscritter that voted for the multi-zillion-dollar bailouts, porkulus, and/or ObamaCare boondoggle ought not be re-elected... but rather frog-marched out of the capital building ASAP -here-

In another survey, The Hill reports a majority in key congressional battleground states feel Obama has either brought no 'change' to DC... or only a change for the worse -here-

Just a few weeks back, Dick Morris and Michael Barone were about the only ones daring to say a 100-seat Demplosion was within the realm of real possibility- with many warning against Republican overconfidence. But with just 12 days before election, a historical 3-figure shift is not only being discussed widely amongst us... but in Democratic circles as well, as they now observe -to  their abject horror- a Midwest meltdown unfolding right before their eyes... -here-

No wonder they're starting to freak out, like Steny Hoyer actually laying a sucker punch on his GOP opponent in Maryland Charles Lollar. Does this idiot Hoyer know Major Lollar is a Marine reservist...?  Talk about cruisin-for-a-bruisin... lucky for him Lollar's above it -here-



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Michelle Obama Monkey Pictures


Surely in poor taste, and undoubtedly racist... but funny? I don't think so, but I guess somebody does... unless they're just looking to strike-back in any way they can.

The LA Times ran this statement from Google- who are surprisingly stopping-short of removing the image from their search-results... I honestly would think it could be justified, but they're sticking to the letter of their user agreement apparently:

Although Google won't alter the process that places the offending image among its top results, the company placed a house advertisement with the headline "Offensive Search Results" above the picture. Clicking the ad leads to a statement that says, in part, "We assure you that the views expressed by such sites are not in any way endorsed by Google."
The statement apologizes "if you've had an upsetting experience using Google," but it states that Web pages are not removed from its process unless the content is illegal or violates the company's webmaster guidelines. Rubin said nothing in the guidelines deals with this kind of imagery.
Well, decide for yourself... the offending picture can be found -here-
I sure don't know why anyone would waste time bagging on her appearance, anyway- she's doing an unbeatable job herself... -here-
And while it's hard to condone this kind of "humor"... maybe if she didn't hate this country and continue to embarrass us all every time she slips into a new garish outfit and heads-out the door, then there wouldn't be such anger out there... and they'd treat her with a little respect.
Her husband's taking a wrecking-ball to this society isn't helping her appeal one bit, either- a lot of frustrated Americans would do almost anything to get a dig-in on this couple as they continue to ignore the voice of the people and drive the country off a cliff.

And Dan Riehl has more on the story -here-
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