About 200 organizations, including the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), were attacked by suspected Chinese hackers in 2016 and 2017, according to Gifu prefectural officials cited by Kyodo News on Tuesday, with a number of local governments, including Gifu Prefecture, and television stations in Osaka also targeted.
According to reports, the Public Security Department of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested a Chinese man in April this year and referred him to the prosecution for “using a false name, contracting a Japanese rental server for the attack, and allegedly illegally creating and providing private electromagnetic records. Japanese police believe that the attack was carried out by the Chinese related hacking group “Tick” under the direction of the Chinese military.
The Gifu prefectural official confirmed that all of the hacked organizations had imported Japanese software used for asset management and that these network security vulnerabilities had been maliciously exploited at the time. As of now, the attacked organizations include defense-related companies such as Mitsubishi Electric, Hitachi, and IHI, as well as research institutions such as Keio University and Hitotsubashi University. The person in charge said, “There has been no damage such as information leakage.”
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