[bilbo0s]

I agree. Given the information that was available yesterday, this all seemed very plausible. As more and more becomes available, it seems less and less likely to be the government.

Chinese government hackers are not script kiddies. They would not make that mistake, even in the made for TV movie. Chinese, indeed ANY, national intelligence agency is well resourced.

My guess is that either a lot of information coming out about this right now is being made up by people with no verifiable knowledge of the matter, or there is something that Google is not telling us. Could be both, but I'd put money on internet based know-nothing loudmouths.