Google Inc. said it may leave China after an investigation found the company had been hit with major cyber attacks it believes originated from the country -- a move that would amount to one of the highest-profile rebukes yet of China by a major U.S. firm.
The attack targeted as many as 34 different companies or other entities, according to two people familiar with the investigation, which has been under way for weeks.
Investigators are probing whether the attack is linked to the Chinese government or intelligence services, one person familiar with the investigation said. The attack has piqued the interest of U.S. intelligence agencies, including the National Security Agency, this person added.
Google said it believed the attackers were trying to access the Gmail accounts of Chinese human-rights activists. A company spokesman declined to identify the other companies affected, saying only that it was in the process of notifying the companies and working with U.S. authorities………………..
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