Ministry of Foreign Affairs and overseas offices targeted by emails from June. Multiple computers and a server in Japan’s House of Representatives were infected in late August. Foreign ministry’s overseas locations were on a network that handles materials of low secrecy, official says. A separate network that contains sensitive materials was not involved. News of latest attacks came as Japan’s largest defense contractor admitted it was possible secret information had been stolen by hackers in a broad attack that occurred in August. Local media reports said it was a malicious attack that could have stolen logins and passwords which protect emails and other private information.”]
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