U.S. law firm suing China hit by Google-style cyber attacks

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At least 10 employees at Gipson Hoffman & Pancione received the e-mails on Monday and Tuesday, according to Gregory Fayer, a lawyer at the Los Angeles-based firm.

A law firm representing a U.S. software maker that is suing China for code theft said it has been targeted by Chinese hackers, a day after Google Inc. threatened to withdraw from the country following similar attacks.

Gipson Hoffman & Pancione, which is representing Cybersitter in a $2.2 billion piracy suit filed against China and seven major computer manufacturers, said in a statement that its attorneys were sent customized Trojan emails aimed at retrieving data from the company's computers and servers.

It said the specific source of the attacks had not been determined, but they appeared to have been initiated in China.

Source: Reuters.com

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The U.S. FBI is investigating the attacks on Gipson Hoffman & Pancione, and members of the U.S. House of Representatives' Intelligence Committee also have been notified, according to the law firm. Representatives from the FBI in Los Angeles and the House Intelligence Committee could not be reached for comment on Wednesday evening.

Under China's censorship program, the government initially required that the Green Dam software be installed on all PCs sold in the country. Later, the government backtracked and said it need only be on computers in schools and Internet cafes. The lawsuit alleges that some of the defendant PC makers, which include Sony, Toshiba, Lenovo, and Acer, continued to ship PCs to consumers with the software installed even after the policy change.

Source: U.S. law firm behind China piracy suit targeted in attacks | InSecurity Complex - CNET News

well its nor crystal clear that google was just playin a Bogus stunt to pressurize china. do some research on internet