Hackers hit the computer network of Japanese parliament
Hackers managed to get access to the mailboxes of parliamentarians with the help of virus, which was in a letter sent to the registered server in China.
However, as noted, the virus could be loaded on the Chinese server from anywhere in the world.
An unknown group of hackers using a computer virus hit the internal network of the lower chamber of Japan’s parliament and was able to read e-mails of the deputies for a month, Reuters reports on Tuesday with reference to Japanese media.
Report about cyber attack on the internal network of Japan’s parliament came a month after when it became aware of the first recorded attack by hackers on the defense industry of Japan.
Then the computer network of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) has been hacked, which produces, in particular, ships, missiles and components for nuclear power plants.
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