The cyber-attack that made IT Company Google consider pulling out of China was run of the mill, say security experts.
IT Company Google revealed its move following attempts to hack Gmail accounts of human rights activists.
The Software search giant said analysis showed that the series of attacks originated from inside China.
“This wasn’t in my opinion ground-breaking as an attack. We see this fairly regularly,” said Mikko Hypponen, of IT Company F-Secure.
“Most companies just never go public,” he added.
“Human-rights activists are the biggest target,” said Mr Hypponen. “Everyone from Freedom for Tibet to Falun Gong supporters and those involved in Liberation of Taiwan are hit.”
Computer Repair company F-Secure has been monitoring such attacks against Chinese human-rights activists since 2005.
Hardware & Software giant Google has operated in China since 2006 and has now said it was no longer willing to censor results on its Chinese search engine as the government required.
China has responded to IT Company Google and said that foreign firms were welcome to trade in the nation “according to the law”. The spokesman added that the net was “open” in China.
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