Google's accusations that Chinese hackers
are behind the alleged cyber attacks on hundreds of its email accounts
lack evidence, and the timing to make such accusations is
evil-intentioned, Chinese experts have said.
"Google's accusation is neither serious nor credible as it has not
published any evidence that shows the hackers are from China," Xinhua
quoted Dai Yiqi, a cyber security expert with Tsinghua University, as
saying.Yiqi said both their intentions and the timing of the accusation are dubious.
"In such cyber attacks, it is easy to locate the IP address of hackers but hard to tell where the hackers actually are," said Yiqi.
"Hackers usually launch attacks by camouflaging their own IP addresses or controlling computers of others. Therefore, we can hardly tell the location of the hacker unless we have sufficient evidence," he added.
The Internet Company recently claimed that hackers based in China tried to break into hundreds of Google mail accounts, including those of senior US government officials.
An anonymous cyber security expert believes, despite Google not referring to the Chinese government in the latest attack claim, the company is targeting the government by listing the victims of the attacks as those whom only the Chinese government are interested in.
Li Shuisheng, a research fellow with a top military science academy of the People's Liberation Army, believes there are political motives behind Google's accusation.
"Google may well have attempted to instigate a new round of the cyber row between China and the United States," said Shuisheng. (ANI)
