Spear Phishing Attacks from China Against Gmail Accounts
Reporters have been calling me pretty much constantly about this story, but I can’t figure out why in the world this is news. Attacks from China—old news; attacks from China against Google—old news; attacks from China against Google Gmail accounts—old news. Spear phishing attacks from China against senior government officials—old news. There’s even a WikiLeaks cable about this stuff.
When I first read the story, I decided it wasn’t worth blogging about. Why is this news?
Clive Robinson • June 2, 2011 10:03 AM
@ Bruce,
“When I first read the story, I decided it wasn’t worth blogging about. Why is this news?”
The attack it’s self is not news nor is it worth bloging about.
However what is news and is worth bloging about is the “who” and they “why” of those who are trying very hard to make it news and “what” they are getting out of it.