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In Japan, they announced a leak in 2022 of information from the mail service of the National Center for Cybersecurity. He was unable to save his data despite a $7 billion five-year budget. Chinese hackers are accused of hacking.
Blamed China
Experts from Japan's National Incident Preparedness and Cyber Security Strategy Center (NISC) acknowledged that user data was leaked due to security issues in the department's email system. This was reported by TASS with reference to the Financial Times (FT). NISC also serves government agencies, so that hackers could gain access to information of national importance.
Interestingly, the leak was discovered only in June 2023, while the system was hacked back in October 2022, that is, nine months ago. The Center has now informed its clients, including members of foreign governments, that "their email data may have been compromised."
Chinese experts could have been behind the attack, the FT claims. This was stated by four sources of the publication, including a source in the Japanese government.
China denies involvement
The Chinese Foreign Ministry denied this information and called on Tokyo to pay attention to the United States, which is "known for spying on its allies." "Earlier, WikiLeaks disclosed that the United States carried out cyber espionage against Japan, including members of the Cabinet of Ministers," the newspaper cites an excerpt from a statement by the Chinese department.
This refers to the publication of WikiLeaks from 2015, when documents were revealed confirming US spying on representatives of the Japanese cabinet, Japanese banks and companies.
US concerned
Japan's inability to securely store and process data is worrying its ally the US. This was written by the American edition of the Washington Post in August 2023.
In early 2021, US cybersecurity officials informed Tokyo that the 2020 hack by Chinese military hackers into Japan's secret defense networks had still not been resolved.
They even offered a team of cyber-sleuths to help assess the extent of the breach and begin cleaning up their networks of Chinese malware. But the Japanese politely refused. “It was inconvenient for them to have military men from another country in their networks,” a former military official told the newspaper.
Since then, under scrutiny by the US, the Japanese have announced that they are tightening control of the network, increasing their cybersecurity military force to 4,000, and planning to spend $7 billion over five years on measures to protect against cyberthreats.
Blamed China
Experts from Japan's National Incident Preparedness and Cyber Security Strategy Center (NISC) acknowledged that user data was leaked due to security issues in the department's email system. This was reported by TASS with reference to the Financial Times (FT). NISC also serves government agencies, so that hackers could gain access to information of national importance.
Interestingly, the leak was discovered only in June 2023, while the system was hacked back in October 2022, that is, nine months ago. The Center has now informed its clients, including members of foreign governments, that "their email data may have been compromised."
Chinese experts could have been behind the attack, the FT claims. This was stated by four sources of the publication, including a source in the Japanese government.
China denies involvement
The Chinese Foreign Ministry denied this information and called on Tokyo to pay attention to the United States, which is "known for spying on its allies." "Earlier, WikiLeaks disclosed that the United States carried out cyber espionage against Japan, including members of the Cabinet of Ministers," the newspaper cites an excerpt from a statement by the Chinese department.
This refers to the publication of WikiLeaks from 2015, when documents were revealed confirming US spying on representatives of the Japanese cabinet, Japanese banks and companies.
US concerned
Japan's inability to securely store and process data is worrying its ally the US. This was written by the American edition of the Washington Post in August 2023.
In early 2021, US cybersecurity officials informed Tokyo that the 2020 hack by Chinese military hackers into Japan's secret defense networks had still not been resolved.
They even offered a team of cyber-sleuths to help assess the extent of the breach and begin cleaning up their networks of Chinese malware. But the Japanese politely refused. “It was inconvenient for them to have military men from another country in their networks,” a former military official told the newspaper.
Since then, under scrutiny by the US, the Japanese have announced that they are tightening control of the network, increasing their cybersecurity military force to 4,000, and planning to spend $7 billion over five years on measures to protect against cyberthreats.
