The Google Blog is reporting that Google has detected a campaign originating in China that is collecting Google account passwords.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/ensuring-your-information-is-safe.html
"This campaign, which appears to originate from Jinan, China, affected what seem to be the personal Gmail accounts of hundreds of users including, among others, senior U.S. government officials, Chinese political activists, officials in several Asian countries (predominantly South Korea), military personnel and journalists."
"The goal of this effort seems to have been to monitor the contents of these users’ emails, with the perpetrators apparently using stolen passwords to change peoples’ forwarding and delegation settings. (Gmail enables you to forward your emails automatically, as well as grant others access to your account.)"
http://contagiodump.blogspot.com/2011/02/targeted-attacks-against-personal.html
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Slashdot discusses an assortment of responses.
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/06/03/2129255/China-Calls-US-Culprit-In-Global-Internet-War
Yahoo and Hotmail passwords may also have been targeted.
http://blog.trendmicro.com/targeted-attacks-on-popular-web-mail-services-signal-future-attacks/
China denies government involvement. China accuses the US of using the internet to promote regime change in Arab nations.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/03/ap/business/main20068667.shtml
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Reuters is reporting about the response printed in an overseas edition of a Chinese newspaper to Googles's claims.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/06/us-google-china-idUSTRE7550CV20110606
"Google's accusations aimed at China are spurious, have ulterior motives, and bear malign intentions"
"Google should not become overly embroiled in international political struggle, playing the role of a tool for political contention"
"For when the international winds shift direction, it may become sacrificed to politics and will be spurned by the marketplace"
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