Chinese hackers infiltrated a special database within Google’s systems and gained access to a sensitive database worth of information about American surveillance targets. Google reported this breach to the FBI, resulting in a national security investigation. The extent of the compromise is not known. The attacks reportedly targeted at least 34 companies, including Adobe, Juniper, Rackspace, Symantec, Northrop Grumman, Morgan Stanley and Yahoo. Google said hackers stole the source code behind its search engine, and targeted email accounts of activists critical of China’s human rights record.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2013/05/chinese-hackers-who-breached-google-in.html