Fujitsu has developed code for the Japanese government that will destroy malware and collect information on its creators. The government decided to investigate the possibilities of such code in 2005, and three years later the Defense Ministry’s Technical Research and Development Institute awarded Fujitsu a ¥178.5m ($2.3m) contract to develop…
Square Enix shuts fan site after Japanese game developer hacked
Japanese game developer Square Enix announced today that a server for a fan site with information on 1.8 million users had been hacked, but it was unclear if any of the data had been stolen. The company said it noticed that unknown parties had accessed the server for its free…
Top secret defence data stolen from Japanese contractor
Attackers did after all steal plans for fighter jets and nuclear power plant safety systems during August’s hack of Japanese defence contractor Mitsubish Heavy, sources in the country have claimed. The unsourced revelation in the Japanese press adds more detail to what has always looked like a serious attack on…
Quake-prone Japanese area implements cloud-based disaster system
The disaster management system in Japan’s central Shizuoka Prefecture is based on Force.com, Salesforce.com’s platform-as-a-service offering A coastal region of Japan due for a major earthquake and possible tsunamis has implemented a cloud-based disaster management system run by Salesforce.com. Shizuoka Prefecture, on Japan’s eastern coast in the central region of…
Japanese arms contractor hit by cyber attack
A cyber attack on Japan’s largest arms contractor targeted about 80 servers and computers at 11 facilities related to nuclear power, missiles and submarines. View full post on cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Cyberattackers hit Japanese defence giant with Trojan malware
Japan’s biggest defence contractor Mitsubishi Heavy has admitted that it was targeted by a major cyberattack last month in which at least 83 of its computers were infected with malware. According to reports in the Japanese press, 45 servers and 38 PCs across 10 facilities in Japan were successfully hit…