Schneier is a smart guy, but he provides no evidence, links, or conjecture of what this backdoor may be.
Maybe those hackers just used the regular tech support "back door", as in "SELECT * FROM gmail where email = '[email protected]'
Maybe those hackers just used the regular tech support "back door", as in "SELECT * FROM gmail where email = '[email protected]'
"A US government-mandated backdoor allowed China to hack into Gmail"
"In order to comply with government search warrants on user data, Google created a backdoor access system into Gmail accounts. This feature is what the Chinese hackers exploited to gain access."
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/23/schneier.google.hackin...