Nuclear And Military Data Taken In Mitsubishi Hack: At Least Eight Different Pieces of Malware, Including Data-Stealing Trojans Used in the August 11th Attack.

""The perils of a well organised cyber-attack have been underlined once again, after highly sensitive data relating to Japan’s military and critical infrastructure was reportedly stolen.
In September, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries confirmed that its computer network had been breached by cyber-attackers in August. The attack hit approximately 45 servers and 38 computers, which were infected with malware at 10 facilities located throughout Japan, and at Mitsubishi’s Yokohama headquarters.
Mitsubishi is Japan’s largest defence contractor""

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Damaging Attack

""At the time, the firm was criticised for not reporting the security breach to Japan’s Defence Ministry until a month later, when details emerged in the media.
Mitsubishi was unable to say what data had been compromised in the August attack, but it did assure Japanese authorities that it had taken appropriate measures to safeguard all military information.""


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