Ugly war: Chinese consultant hacks into Google accounts

The China-Google war is getting uglier with reports that a security consultant working for the Chinese govt had hacked into Google accounts.

"A man in his 30s wrote the code that tapped a security flaw in Internet Explorer to insert spyware into Google's computers," reported The Financial Times.

"The man, allegedly, posted pieces of the programme on a hacking forum. However, he did not launch an attack," it further said.