Chinese schools deny attack on Google
The New York Times on Thursday had identified the schools as Shanghai Jiaotong University and the Lanxiang Vocational School. Jiaotong is described as one of China’s top institutions in computer science programs while Lanxiang’s students include computer scientists affiliated with the military, according to the Times.
“The report of the New York Times was based simply on an IP address. Given the highly developed network technology today, such a report is neither objective nor balanced,” a Shanghai Jiaotong University spokesperson told China’s official Xinhua News Agency, according to a report on its Website.
Li Zixiang, an official at Lanxiang, said its own investigation revealed no trace that the attacks originated at the school, according to Xinhua.
Google /quotes/comstock/15*!goog/quotes/nls/goog (GOOG 540.76, -2.46, -0.45%) announced in January that it had been the target of attacks aimed at stealing intellectual property and identifying human-rights activists seeking reforms in China. The incident prompted the Internet search giant to reevaluate whether it will continue doing business in the country.
