The latest hacking has already sparked an international round of accusations against China, and left observers wondering who, and what, will be hit next. The first cyber-attacks supposedly involving governments occurred in August, 2009, when Russia reportedly engaged in a simultaneous, distributed denial of service attack against Google, LiveJournal and Facebook. Cyber-criminals behind the attack used advanced social engineering techniques and composed messages plausible enough to convince victims to open them and execute an attachment. In June 2011, Google shed light on an attack targeting senior U.S. and South Korean government officials.”]