Yahoo faced same situation as Google in China,kept mum

Yahoo got pulled into a growing row between China and Google on Saturday,as its Chinese partner slammed Yahoos statements supporting Google while a source revealed the search giant had stayed silent about cyber-attacks....

Yahoo got pulled into a growing row between China and Google on Saturday,as its Chinese partner slammed Yahoos statements supporting Google while a source revealed the search giant had stayed silent about cyber-attacks.

Yahoo knew it had been a target of sophisticated Chinese cyber attacks on US firms before Google alerted the company to them,but remained silent while its bigger rival went public,a source familiar with the situation said.

Yahoos Chinese partner,e-commerce firm Alibaba Group,in which it owns a 40 per cent stake,nonetheless called reckless Yahoos comment last week that it stood aligned with Googles positions. Meanwhile,a Google spokeswoman on Saturday denied Chinese online reports that it has already decided to shut down its google.cn site.

Alibaba Group has communicated to Yahoo! that Yahoos statement that it is aligned with the position Google took last week was reckless given the lack of facts in evidence, the firm said in a statement on Saturday.

Yahoo said on Wednesday it stood aligned with Googles position against attacks on company networks.