Google May Quit China Over Cyber Attacks on Activists' E-mails

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Google is threatening to halt operations in China because sophisticated cyber attacks are targeting its e-mail service.

The Internet company said Tuesday that the computer network attacks discovered last month attempted to access the e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists, The Washington Post reported. The attacks were apparently not successful.

Google said it was reviewing operations in China and would consider pulling out of the country.

At least 20 other companies have been targeted with similar attacks, Google said.

Beijing has been suspected of going after rights activists online. China has complex cyber offensive capabilities, but U.S. officials have refrained from publicly accusing the country because finding out who is behind an attack is difficult, according to the Post.

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