Japan’s SDF and Self-Defense Forces (Defense Ministry) were targeted in a sophisticated cyberattack in September, presumably carried out by a state actor. Having penetrated the Ground Self-Defense Force’s computer system, likely to steal information from its high-capacity communication network connecting Defense Ministry bases and camps, further details of the theft are unclear. A senior Defense Ministry official has called the case a “very serious situation”.
Japan’s Defense Ministry and Self-Defense Forces (SDF) were targeted in a sophisticated cyberattack in September, presumably carried out by a state actor. Having penetrated the Ground Self-Defense Force’s computer system, likely to steal information from its high-capacity communication network connecting SDF bases and camps, further details of the theft are unclear. A senior SDF official has called the case a “very serious situation”.