[flamefront]

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Bruce Schneier.

And just like government regulation forced the mortgage crisis, so too have we government created internet security flaws.

[KoRn]

The Chinese probably got in like this:

#Telnet (google mail server)

login as:root

password:1234

[root@ ~]# Yay!

[no-s]

And just like government regulation forced the mortgage crisis, so too have we government created mandated internet security flaws.

Fixed it for ya.

[bamahead]

In order to comply with government search warrants on user data, Google created a backdoor access system into Gmail accounts. This feature is what the Chinese hackers exploited to gain access.



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