Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer suggests that the latest round of cyber-attacks reportedly originating from China have not fundamentally changed the security environment on the Internet, even as Google threatens to shut down its Chinese operations in the wake of the assault. In addition to targeting the Gmail accounts of several Chinese human rights activists, the hackers apparently attempted to penetrate the IT infrastructure of a number of U.S. companies.
– Microsoft is emphasizing that none of its e-mail systems were targeted in
the recent high-profile cyber-attacks that have Google threatening to pull its
business out of mainland China.

quot;We have no indication that any of our mail properties have been
compromised, quot; a Microsoft spokespe…