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Google warns users of state-sponsored hacking

Google has started warning users when it thinks they may be targets of government-sponsored hackers, the Internet giant announced.

Users whose accounts are compromised get a message at the top of their browser saying: "Warning: We believe state-sponsored attackers may be attempting to compromise your account or computer."

Users in China have already begun getting the message, said one former journalist who used to work in Beijing.

Google declined to say how it could tell that governments were behind the hacking attempts.

"We can't go into the details without giving away information that would be helpful to these bad actors," Eric Grosse, Google security engineering vice president, said Tuesday in a post on the company's website.
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Bad actors?! WTF! Adam Sandler is a bad actor. The State spying on you is something else.


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[Putting_things_on_top]

I don't get it either, but bad actor seems to be the stultified phrase for "a person who engages in nefarious or malicious activities".

I can think of two descriptive words that are better suited for the Google context:
-- Perpetrator
-- Miscreant


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I can think of a term even more fitting.

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