Japan develops malware cyberweapon

The Japanese government has been quietly developing a cyberweapon since 2008, which reportedly is able to track, identify and disable sources of online attacks, according to The Daily Yomiuri. The virus which was developed by Fujitsu for the Japanese government has the ability to trace cyberattack sources beyond the immediate…

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Japan working on defensive cyberweapon

Japan’s defence ministry is in the process of developing a computer virus capable of tracking, identifying and disabling sources of cyber-attacks, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. The development of the virtual cyberweapon was launched in 2008. Since then, the weapon has been tested in a closed network environment. Cyberweapons are…

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