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Recent cyber attacks on Google Inc and other businesses exploited a previously unknown flaw in Microsoft Corp’s Internet Explorer browser, according to security firm McAfee Inc.

McAfee’s report came as authorities struggle to crack one of the most sophisticated hacking cases in history.

Google said on Tuesday that in mid-December, it detected an attack on its corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of its intellectual property. It eventually found that more than 20 other companies had been infiltrated.

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