Hackers Who Breached Google in 2010 Accessed Company's Surveillance Database

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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/05/google-surveillance-database/

By Kim Zetter
Threat Level
Wired.com
05.20.13

Hackers who breached Google’s network in 2010 obtained access to the company’s 
system for tracking surveillance requests from law enforcement, according to a 
news report.

The hackers gained access to a database that Google used to process court 
orders from law enforcement agencies seeking information about customer 
accounts, including classified FISA orders that are used in foreign 
intelligence surveillance investigations, according to the Washington Post.

The database contained years’ worth of information on law enforcement 
surveillance surveillance orders issued by judges around the country. The 
hackers were hoping to discover if law enforcement agents were investigating 
undercover Chinese intelligence operatives who were working out of the U.S.

The news confirms rumors that circulated at the time of the breach that 
Google’s hackers had gained access to this system.

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