Google: Online attacks aimed at Vietnam’s critics

Source: Ben Stocking, Business Week.

Google Inc. accused Vietnam on Wednesday of stifling political dissent with cyberattacks, the latest complaint by the Internet giant against a communist regime following a public dispute with China over online censorship.

Like China, Vietnam tightly controls the flow of information and has said it reserves the right to take “appropriate action” against Web sites it deems harmful to national security.

The cyberattacks targeted “potentially tens of thousands,” a posting on Google’s online security blog said.