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released a six-episode series concerning the events that occurred during Operation Aurora
Google's 2022 'HACKING GOOGLE' docuseries was not a six-episode series about Operation Aurora. Google described it as a broader six-part series about multiple security teams, with Operation Aurora covered only in Episode 000.
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This wording overstates what Google released in October 2022. In Google's own announcement, HACKING GOOGLE is described as "a new six-part docuseries featuring the elite security teams that keep you safe everyday," not a six-episode series about Operation Aurora.
Google then lists the episodes individually:
- Episode 000: Operation Aurora
- Episode 001: Threat Analysis Group
- Episode 002: Detection & Response
- Episode 003: Red Team
- Episode 004: Bug Hunters
- Episode 005: Project Zero
So Operation Aurora was only one episode in a broader security docuseries, not the subject of the entire six-episode series.
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- Meet the hackers keeping you safe online
"HACKING GOOGLE, a new six-part docuseries featuring the elite security teams that keep you safe everyday." The post then lists Episode 000: Operation Aurora, Episode 001: Threat Analysis Group, Episode 002: Detection & Response, Episode 003: Red Team, Episode 004: Bug Hunters, and Episode 005: Project Zero.
both of these schools have associations with the Chinese search engine Baidu, a rival of Google China.
The New York Times report did not say both schools were tied to Baidu. It said Lanxiang's network was run by a company with ties to Baidu, while describing Shanghai Jiaotong University separately as a top computer-science school.
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This sentence misstates the New York Times reporting it cites.
In the New York Times article republished by CNBC, the two schools are described differently:
- Shanghai Jiaotong University is described as an elite university with one of China's top computer science programs.
- Lanxiang Vocational School is described as a vocational school established with military support, and its computer network is said to be operated by a company with close ties to Baidu.
So the Baidu connection was reported for Lanxiang's network operator, not for both schools.
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- Two Chinese Schools Linked to Google Attacks
"The Chinese schools involved are Shanghai Jiaotong University and the Lanxiang Vocational School... Jiaotong has one of China's top computer science programs... Lanxiang... was established with military support... The school's computer network is operated by a company with close ties to Baidu."