It’s no surprise that the Chinese schools have denied allegations of hacking Google systems as we could all speculate what would happened to the teachers, students and schools if they ever admitted it. They would likely be sent to prison or shot point-blank in the head if they ever over stepped the governments power.
Excerpt from Daily Tech:
Representatives from Lanxiang Vocational School and Shanghai Jiaotong University denied any involvement in the hacking attempts Google and other targets. Shanghai Jiaotong University is one of the most elite schools in China, with the university sharing ties with the University of Michigan and Duke University. The university routinely has western IT companies there to recruit students — both Intel and Microsoft have built facilities in a new research park by the school. The university, which excels in math and computer science, also has worked with Cisco in the past, media reports indicate.
Jiaotong recently won IBM’s Battle of the Brains engineering event, securing the school’s third victory in the past decade.
Despite official denials by Jiaotong University, Duke University now said it is re-evaluating its working relationship with the Chinese university. It’s possible Silicon Valley tech companies will also work with Shanghai Jiaotong University to try and prevent similar problems in the future.
"We’re going to have to explore that with Shanghai Jiaotong and understand the situation," said Michael Schoenfeld, Duke spokesperson, in an interview with the New York Times. "It’s a very complex situation."
Even though security experts believe the Chinese government controls organized hacking rings, Beijing official have denied knowledge of any cyber attacks. Since the Chinese government has been hesitant to locate hackers — or crackdown on internal hacking rings — it’s unknown if the two Chinese schools in question will face any type of punishment.
The Chinese government recently closed its largest homegrown hacker training web site, but has done very little to prevent other hacking cases.
What I think personally…. With stories of razor blades and GHB in candy, Toyota recalls, drywall, lead products and a list of food contaminants, China will one day admit it is trying to kill us.
