Japan attributes cyber attacks targeting its data to China-backed hacker group
Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) announced that more than 200 cyber attacks have been carried out in the last 5 years, “targeting national security and high-tech data” of the country.
In the statement, it was stated that the Chinese-backed hacker group called “MirrorFace” targeted the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense, the space agency, politicians, journalists, private companies and some think tanks.
ALLEGED LEAK OF DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS
It was stated in the statement that the group sent e-mails with attachments containing malware to the targets using stolen credentials, and the subject headings of these e-mails were generally “Japan-US alliance”, “Taiwan Strait”, “Russia-Ukraine War” and “free and open Indo-Pacific” It was noted that there were keywords such as “.
In the statement, government institutions and businesses were called on to take precautions against cyber attacks.
Japan Airlines (JAL) announced that some flights were postponed due to a cyber attack on the network connecting its internal and external systems in December 2024, and stated that at least 24 domestic flights were delayed by approximately 1 hour and some international flights were also negatively affected.
In February 2024, it was claimed that secret diplomatic documents belonging to Japan were leaked in China’s cyber attacks on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in 2020.