*Entry Title: *WHID 2011-56: China accused of hacking Gmail to suppress dissent *WHID ID: *2011-56 *Date Occurred: *March 24, 2011 *Attack Method: *Unknown *Application Weakness: *Insufficient Authentication *Outcome: *Session Hijacking *Attacked Entity Field: *Service Providers *Attacked Entity Geography: *USA *Incident Description: *A few days ago, Google accused the government of China for the second time to have hacked into Gmail accounts in order to quash protest. Numerous problems of Chinese customers have been signalled over the past month for both sending and flagging messages. *Mass Attack: *No *Reference: * http://www.htlounge.net/art/15053/china-accused-of-hacking-gmail-to-suppress-dissent.html *Attack Source Geography: *China *Attacked System Technology: *GMail