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China: Google has never officially complained about attack

By Doug Hanchard | March 8, 2010, 11:40am PST

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Reuters has reported that Google has never officially complained to the Chinese government about the internet attacks against the company.

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Reuters has reported that Google has never officially complained to the Chinese government about the internet attacks against the company.

Google had never filed a report to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology over the cyber attacks or sought negotiations, Vice Minister Miao Wei was quoted as saying by state news agency Xinhua late on Saturday.

“If Google has had evidence that the attacks came from China, the Chinese government will welcome them to provide the information and will severely punish the offenders according to the law,” Miao said.

Google’s Deputy General Counsel Nicole Wong testified before a Senate hearing last week stating;

I want to stress that while we know these attacks came from China, we are not prepared to say who is carrying out these attacks. We do know such attacks are violations of China’s own laws and we would hope that the Chinese authorities will work with US officials to investigate this matter.

If Google has not officially notified or complained to the Chinese government, it clearly indicates a certain amount of nervous tension, challenge and fear the company is experiencing. The Reuters report continues on;

Google also never informed the ministry that it was planning to withdraw from China, Miao added, speaking on the sidelines of the annual session of parliament.

“If Google decides to continue its business in China and abides by China’s laws, it’s welcome to stay,” he said, vowing to continue providing a sound investment environment for foreign investors and protect their legitimate rights.

“If the company chooses to withdraw from the Chinese market, it must go through certain procedures according to the law and regulations and deal with customers’ problems that may arise.”

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Doug is the principal of Rapid Response Consulting, an advisory group that integrates ICT solutions. He has worked at some of the largest telecommunications firms in Canada, including Bell Canada, Telus and AT&T and is a guest lecturer for several universities and associations. He serves on several advisory boards in Canada and the United States.

Starting with a new national ISP in 1993 in sales, positioning internet access, web sites and network services began the path of telecommunications technologies from the early Bulletin Board Services (BBS) to the first web pages for commercial clients.

Became the National Data Network Service Manager for Frame Relay and Internet access for AccTel Enterprises which was acquired (after 3 mergers already) by AT&T Canada. Interested in how marketing could expand service availability, he moved to Telus to become the Frame Relay / ATM Product Manager and expanded the network across Canada. In 2002 he went to Bell Canada becoming a Solution Architect to get back to his passion for technology working with enterprise clients. In 2006, became the Director of R&D and Senior Solution Architect for Bell Canada Security Solutions Inc, developing I.P. based physical and logical security platforms and ICT services.

This position created new commercial concepts such as Crisis and Disaster technology solutions required for emergency use after an event occurred. He designed interoperable technologies and application combinations allowing any to any I.P. service through landline, broadband, satellite and wireless technologies to be deployed anywhere

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  • we would hope that the Chinese authorities will work with US officials to..
    I would expect Reuters at least, and Google hopefully, to understand what identifying the attackers in China would amount to, assuming they really can be identified. This is one of those situations where the perpetrators could actually be murdered or imprisoned for life by the government and never be seen again for embarrassing the country and/or its face.
    Some people are spending their lives in prison while others are being allowed to run full criminal activities over the 'net in/via China.
    We must never forget the variable human rights in China and that they only exist for certain people with connections. If you're lucky enough to have acquaintances of Chinese businessmen, you hear about these things all the time; they'll carefully talk rather candidly about a lot of it.
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