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Cyberattackers may have stolen military info from Mitsubishi Heavy

Crime Oct. 25, 2011 - 06:40AM JST ( 25 )

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Christina O'NeillOct. 25, 2011 - 08:05AM JST

Any leak of information is a serious matter, Mitsubishi need to update security and encrypt information to a better standard
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NetNinjaOct. 25, 2011 - 10:27AM JST

Without America's help, it's not going to happen. They need American security professionals to come in and set up their networks. After all, we created the Internet. They need to pay well too.

Otherwise this kind of hacking will go on and on
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Hide SuzukiOct. 25, 2011 - 11:24AM JST

@NetNinja, "American security professionals" -> "Indian security professionals". I corrected it for you. You are welcome :)
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JapanGalOct. 25, 2011 - 11:36AM JST

Maybe of Indian decent but true and proud Americans.

Why can't people just say Americans without having to break it down ethnically?
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Al StewartOct. 25, 2011 - 11:39AM JST

@Hide agreed. We American may have created it but, like so many other things, others have improved on it. lol

That said, JP is lagging a bit in this IT age
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Ted BarreraOct. 25, 2011 - 11:40AM JST

Was there really that much to steal? Japan isn't a major producer of military hardware, and as for the nuclear plants... I think they speak for themselves.
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Hide SuzukiOct. 25, 2011 - 11:50AM JST

@JapanGal You don't know majority of IT software development work is outsourced to India ? People who live in India = Indian
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Hide SuzukiOct. 25, 2011 - 11:52AM JST

@Ted Nuclear reactors in Fukushima were all made in the US not Japan, GE is the manufacture.
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CrickyOct. 25, 2011 - 12:21PM JST

Originally the story was nothing stolen now MAY have been some information stolen, see this again and again denial followed by little bit more info, then the calamity revealed. Give it a week and their whole data base including staff names and addresses will have regrettably been copied. That's my pick.
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ElJeffeEnJaponOct. 25, 2011 - 02:04PM JST

And Japan wonders why the US never wanted to sell them the F-22 Raptor...
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BluebrisOct. 25, 2011 - 03:21PM JST

Oh dear. Maybe Sony advised them what kind of security to use....
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gogogoOct. 25, 2011 - 05:20PM JST

Cyberattackers may have stolen military info from Mitsubishi Heavy

If you suspect it, they (China) have already stolen it.
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smithinjapanOct. 25, 2011 - 05:28PM JST

Hide Suzuki: "People who live in India = Indian"

Actually: People who live in India = people who live in India. Or are you suggesting that every single person who lives in India is Indian? Not surprising such a generalization would come from you, though, defeating your own argument.

Anyway, if they're not 'confirming or denying' it means things were stolen, otherwise they would deny flat out that anything was leaked. Japan needs better internet security -- they are quite out of date in this and other departments.
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FarmboyOct. 25, 2011 - 05:30PM JST

Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa said in September there was no indication that sensitive information had been stolen ...

If I were breaking in to a system, I would try to steal sensitive information. This would promote a sense of accomplishment that stealing the bathroom break schedule for helicoptor pilots would not. The possibility that only the bathroom break schedule has been stolen remains as a possibility, though. It might even be classified.
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tugamenOct. 25, 2011 - 06:30PM JST

"Without America's help, it's not going to happen. They need American security professionals to come in and set up their networks. After all, we created the Internet. They need to pay well too.

Otherwise this kind of hacking will go on and on"

Are you sure abot that, i mean you are good at it and, non less true you invented internet, but.... care to explain all the information passed out by wikileaks?

I mean even the your pentagon have been hacked.
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zichiOct. 25, 2011 - 07:08PM JST

The UK hacker managed to get inside the pentagon computers, the US have great experts then?
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herefornowOct. 25, 2011 - 10:36PM JST

Interesting that Japan, which prides itself on being so technologically advanced/sophisticated, and is staking much of its future on being a leader in technology like robots, continues to suffer these kinds of breaches. Wonder why?
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PsyopsOct. 25, 2011 - 10:40PM JST

All I get out of this is China hackers and no F22s for Japan
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gogogoOct. 25, 2011 - 10:52PM JST

Interesting that Japan, which prides itself on being so technologically advanced/sophisticated, and is staking much of its future on being a leader in technology like robots, continues to suffer these kinds of breaches. Wonder why?

Japan is 5 years behind in any software, the only thing they do well is video games. No software is made in Japan and if it is it is the biggest piece of bloatware there is. To write good code you need to understand english (this is just how it is), so non latin based speaking countries don't ever write anything good.
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issa1Oct. 26, 2011 - 01:52AM JST

That's why I hate the c...........thief
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globalwatcherOct. 26, 2011 - 05:56AM JST

Without America's help, it's not going to happen. They need American security professionals to come in and set up their networks.

Agreed, NetNinja. Japan needs US help, indeed.
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FarmboyOct. 26, 2011 - 08:27AM JST

Hey, I like the U.S. too, but this kind of thing is a worldwide problem. The US has not been immune, despite all the "American security professionals."
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/194730/20110809/hackers-vs-government-top-five-us-government-websites-hacked-in-2011-cyber-warfare-hacker-group-lulz.htm
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LFRAgainOct. 26, 2011 - 09:09AM JST

As far as I know, there isn't a computer network in the world immune to being cracked by someone with the time, resources, and intent.

But I have to say, Japan seems to be suffering from some serious misconceptions about how to sucure it's digital data.
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cactusJackOct. 26, 2011 - 11:13AM JST

Reminds me of the book by Dan Brown: "Digital Fortress". Bad book, but it deals with these issues.
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just-a-guyOct. 26, 2011 - 06:58PM JST

Why blaming China? There was no KGB organisation in China,OK?