2009 — Chinese hackers break into Google looking for source…
Data compromised
Credentials, Secrets
Technical writeup
Chinese hackers break into Google looking for source code, trade secrets, information about human rights activists, and also to identify chinese operatives that were being investigated by the United States.
Root cause
Hacking: Use of stolen creds
References
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aurora
- http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/attackers-employed-ie-zero-day-against-google-others/d/d-id/1132775?
- http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/24/cyber-attack-on-us-firms-google-traced-to-chinese
- http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-and-breaches/google-aurora-hack-was-chinese-counterespionage-operation/d/d-id/1110060?