People who can authoritatively talk about such attacks can't or don't talk. So, information out there is mostly anecdotal at best or just plain speculation. These cables add to that stack of information but from a much higher level of involvement. It may not be new or news but it's certainly from more credible source than what we usually hear from.
I'm objecting to the wording of the headline. I'm sorry if it seems like I'm arguing that there's no story at all.
The "China's official involvement in Google hack confirmed" headline is a serious overreach.
True. For the headline to be solid, these would have to be Chinese cables, not US ones. But this is probably closest we are going to get.
To be fair, government confirmation of a 'contact' 'inside the Chinese parties involved' seems like at least somewhat of a new development. Maybe not 'proof', but definitely stronger evidence - maybe even a step beyond suspicion.
The cables simply do not "confirm" China's involvement in the attack. Such confirmation, it seems to me, would be a blockbuster story worthy of the front page of CNN.
Have you found the relevant cables somewhere online? I've been looking and am unable to locate the actual cables involved in this particular story.
if the sources were deemed extremely reliable one would imagine that it would be enough confirmation.