Continuing controversy over censorship and freedom of speech and a recent spate of cyber attacks have resulted in the world's largest internet entity, Google, considering plans to exit China."Like many other well-known organisations, we face cyber attacks of varying degrees on a regular basis," explained David Drummond, senior vice-president, corporate development and chief legal officer at Google.
"In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google. However, it soon became clear that what at first appeared to be solely a security incident - albeit a significant one - was something quite different. Read More
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