Hackers believed to be working for the Peoples Republic of China hit computers in Japan s Parliament with a virus. Government computers and a server used by three members of the lower house were targeted by a sustained cyber attack that may have yielded passwords and user names. Sensitive e-mails and documents may have been monitored by the hackers without consent for a month. Japan joins a list of prominent governments believed to have been infiltrated by hackers based in China and other countries. The attack comes just over a month after an attack on one of Japan’s largest defense contractors Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Source: https://threatpost.com/hackers-hit-japanese-parliament-nab-log-ins-and-e-mails-102511/75797/