Google vs China: the new wars are fought in cyberspace
No one can doubt the power of the search company or of one of the leading nations of the world. Software giant against global potential. China represents one of the most coveted markets for Google, by virtue of the enormous number of inhabitants in that country, however the market is presented as more inaccessible. The relationship between Google and China becomes increasingly tense, even with the threat of conventional war by the United States.
Then we tell you some details to keep you abreast of what is happening between Google (USA) and China:
Attempt to steal passwords of Gmail, Google last week reported an attempted theft of the keys to hundreds of Gmail accounts, including officials from the United States, human rights activists and journalists in China that nation. Google said the attack would come from China, more precisely from Jinan, the provincial capital of eastern Shandong in China, where an intelligence unit of the People’s Liberation Army. It is the second time in less than 17 months of Google hackers accused Chinese of an attack on its security.
Important fact to understand the question : Since Google has recalled Chinese , has had significant losses, especially the potential that this market.
China’s response: This nation argues that:
1. The United States has launched an “internet war” to bring down governments in the Arab world and other regions, thereby diverting attention from the accusations made by Google on cyber attacks Chinese.
2. Google has become a political tool to defame the Chinese government . This has been published by the Journal of the Village , the newspaper Beijing official, arguing that Google launched accusations against China are false, they have ulterior motives and bad intentions.
The Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has warned that Washington is prepared to use force against cyberattacks to consider as acts of war. This means that before a hacker attack of very important features, the U.S. would defend with conventional military retaliation.
This story (or serious conflict between USA and China, with Google in between) and has several chapters, and certainly have more. What we can not deny that the war has now moved into cyberspace, even with serious threats of a ground war. We really hope that this is here, and that these countries know to stop in time. What do you think of this? Do you think it will reach higher? We pray not.
