Organisation
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Also: Chronicle security, Gmail
Organisation whose Gmail and Chrome products detected and were targeted by the DigiNotar certificate attack.
Organisation whose Gmail and Chrome products detected and were targeted by the DigiNotar certificate attack.
“Google responded not only to the forum post but they published a security warning to the world”
“Google owns the Chrome browser”
Organization where Parth says he is currently a security engineer.
“I’m currently a security engineer at Google here in Switzerland.”
Company that operates YouTube and was approached by the FBI for account information related to the Anonymous video.
“YouTube as in the company, like Google”
Technology company whose network and source-code environment were compromised during Operation Aurora.
“something terrible was lurking in the network at Google”
“The second piece of data the attackers were after in Google was their source code.”
Technology company whose headquarters, the Googleplex, is visited in the episode.
“There it was, the main headquarters for Google.”
Company whose network was later reported as accessible to the group.
“They had access to Disney’s network, AMD, Intel, Google”
Technology company discussed as collecting wireless identifiers, location data, and traffic information.
“Your computer sends all of those to Google”
“Google would send back your exact location”
Company whose Chronicle security team accepted control of a WannaCry kill-switch domain from Matt Suiche.
“The people from the Chronicle security at Google said to take it”
US technology company that supplied account information to the FBI under search warrants.
“the FBI contacted Google, the owners of Gmail”
“Google responded with more information”
Search and internet company compared with The Pirate Bay and pressured to remove links to torrent content.
“The Pirate Bay doesn’t store any music or movies on their service. It’s just a search engine”
“the media companies pressured Google to take down links to content that was on The Pirate Bay”
Technology company discussed in relation to its 2009–2010 hack, security response, and bug-bounty activity.
“after Google was hacked by China”
Technology company that was targeted by the same fraudulent payment-redirection scheme.
“Quanta also does business with Google”
“he extracted $23 million from Google”
Technology company employing Maddie and operating Android, Google Play Protect, and Project Zero.
“Google calls and says hey, are you interested in interviewing with us?”
Technology company mentioned in a discussion of large platforms collecting and profiling user data.
“Companies like Google, Apple, and Facebook all say that they take your privacy seriously”
Technology company from which Bini says he received a notification concerning his accounts.
“I have received notifications from Google”
Technology company mentioned as having investigated BadBox-related activity and sued BadBox operators.
“Google sued the BadBox operators.”
Technology company described as having received and litigated an NSL.
“We know that Google got these NSLs”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | USES | wardriving | Explicit | 61 |
| incoming | DISCOVERED_BY | DigiNotar breach | Explicit | 3 |
| incoming | MEMBER_OF | Parth Shukla | Explicit | 13 |
| incoming | DISCOVERED_BY | Operation Aurora | Explicit | 19 |
| incoming | COMPROMISES | Operation Aurora | Explicit | 19 |
| incoming | PART_OF | Googleplex | Explicit | 41 |
| incoming | TARGETS | Evaldas Rimasauskas BEC scam | Explicit | 124 |
| incoming | OPERATED_BY | Google Project Zero | Explicit | 127 |
| incoming | MEMBER_OF | D3ada55 | Explicit | 172 |
DigiNotar breach DISCOVERED_BY Google
Google detected a mis-issued DigiNotar certificate being used in active attacks on users in Iran.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Gervase Markham EP 3 Details
“Google notified us that they had detected a mis-issued certificate for starter, google.com which was being used in active attacks on users in Iran.”
Parth Shukla MEMBER_OF Google
Parth identified himself as currently working as a security engineer at Google in Switzerland.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Parth Shukla EP 13 Details
“I’m currently a security engineer at Google here in Switzerland.”
Operation Aurora DISCOVERED_BY Google
Google detected the attack activity in its network.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 19 Details
“Google detected this activity and realized they were dealing with an attack”
Operation Aurora COMPROMISES Google
The attackers compromised numerous Google systems and burrowed into Google’s servers.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 19 Details
“They compromised numerous systems and burrowed their way deep into Google’s servers”
Googleplex PART_OF Google
The Googleplex is described as Google's main headquarters.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 41 Details
“There it was, the main headquarters for Google. Actually, they call it the Googleplex”
Google USES wardriving
Samy concluded that Android phones collect nearby Wi-Fi MAC addresses and signal strengths with GPS data, functioning as wardriving devices for Google.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Samy Kamkar EP 61 Details
“every Android phone in existence is a wardriving machine for Google”
Evaldas Rimasauskas BEC scam TARGETS Google
The scam also targeted Google, which was tricked into sending money to Evaldas instead of Quanta.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 124 Details
“he was able to trick someone at Google to send him money instead of Quanta”
Google Project Zero OPERATED_BY Google
Project Zero is described as a team within Google.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 127 Details
“This is a very talented team within Google”
D3ada55 says she worked at Google.
Explicit Confidence 98% · D3ada55 EP 172 Details
“I’ve worked at some of the biggest names in security, so Palo Alto, Google, Apple.”