Overseas hackers are thought to have made off with information on Japan’s maritime strategy in a March attack on specific people at national universities, which a Nikkei survey has found to be growing targets for their relatively lax security and sensitive knowledge.
Overseas hackers are thought to have made off with information on Japan’s maritime strategy in a March attack on specific people at national universities, which a Nikkei survey has found to be growing targets for their relatively lax security and sensitive knowledge.
An attacker posing as a Cabinet Office staffer attached to a government council on ocean policy emailed malware-laced files to professors at targets including the prestigious University of Tokyo and the Kyushu Institute of Technology. At least one apparently took the bait and opened a file, making possible the theft of information.
The council was formulating Japan’s basic plan on ocean policy, which guides the nation’s defense of outlying islands and development of maritime resources. It also includes representatives from the Self-Defense Forces; the Japan Business Federation lobby, or Keidanren; and heavy machinery builder IHI.
