Apple's chief executive met a Chinese leader on Wednesday amid reports that a hacking attack on Apple's iCloud file-storage application may have originated in China. Tim Cook "exchanged views on protection of users' information" with Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai at Beijing's Zhongnanhai, the ruling Communist Party's leadership compound, the official Xinhua news agency said.
Cook and Ma also discussed "strengthening co-operation in information and communication fields," the agency said. Apple did not immediately report the meeting, which follows its warning to iCloud users in China on Tuesday of "intermittent organized network attacks using insecure certificates to obtain user information."
Tracing showed the attacks originated in China and were designed to capture passwords and other personal information, according to GreatFire.org, a website monitoring China's internet controls, which are collectively known as the Great Firewall.
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