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Security and privacy researcher Christopher Soghoian asks Google policy counsel Pablo Chavez about media reports indiciating that the "lawful surveillance" used by the company's employees to respond to search warrants and subpoenas was breached by Chinese hackers.

From: http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?newsid=28293

That's because they apparently were able to access a system used to help Google comply with search warrants by providing data on Google users, said a source familiar with the situation, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak with the press.

"Right before Christmas, it was, 'Holy s***, this malware is accessing the internal intercept [systems],'" he said.

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