Google can stop working in China after a hacker attack

American search engine Google to stop work in China after a hacker attack on the postal service company.


Unknown hackers launched an attack on the postal service company, breaking into electronic mailboxes of a number of Chinese human rights defenders. The company says that "thought-out and targeted attack" was made in China.

News agencies say that this incident may force Google to close not only to its Chinese site, but all the offices of the companies operating in the territory of this country.

Campaigners for human rights, as well as web analytics Google endorses the decision to leave China, although they caution that such a move could divide the worldwide network for specific versions for specific countries.

U.S. Secretary of State expressed serious concern over this incident and hope for an explanation from Beijing.

The Google has twice had problems in China. After solving the search engine to create a unique online library, access to which each user will have a global network, some Chinese authors opposed the scanning of books and placing them in the library. And last summer, Chinese authorities have accused Google of spreading pornography and therefore have blocked access to a search engine, said RBC.

Google Inc. Speaks to the popularity of the first (77.04%) in the world of search engine Google, manufacturing 41 billion 345 million queries per month (market share 62.4%). Searcher based on the world's largest system of online advertising Google AdWords . The market capitalization is approximately 151 billion dollars.  Google - is in 7 th place in the list of the most expensive brands in the world.