Uh oh. A plant belonging to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was hacked into recently, although it’s not quite clear what data was pilfered in the attack.
Forbes notes, based off a Reuters report that originated with the Yomiuri newspaper that around 80 malware-infected computers were found at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ HQ in Tokyo, as well as at manufacturing plants in Kobe, Nagasaki and Nagoya. It’s not clear what data was taken — essentially the company’s not saying — but you’ve got to have nerves of steel to even attempt something like this. If they find you, they already have missiles. [Forbes]
Nayrion
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 5:13 PM10 bucks it was China
Ozoneocean
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 7:27 PMThe whole country?
…wow, I knew they liked solidarity and all that but a billion+ people doing a synchronised hack is taking things a bit far…
Steve
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 11:46 PMPretty sure he meant the Chinese government. It seems to be an open secret that attacks on this scale are usually state-sponsored.