Japanese Ministry Shuts Down Because Of Malware Network

The Japanese Ministry of Justice has turned off its own internal computer after there was a virus on one of the computers found. The ministry believes that no information has been stolen. Yet there is reported to the police of a possible cyber attack, reports the Japan Times .

According to the Ministry the existing security on May 17 would have detected a suspicious communication attempt from the computer and locked. How much time there is between this incident and disabling the internal network was unknown. Japan faced in recent weeks with various malware incidents. It seemed that malware in Japan Pension Service data of 1.25 million people had been stolen and there was malware on the network discovered by the Japanese state company that manages radioactive waste from the nuclear reactor of Fukushima.

Network Waste Processor Fukushima Infected With Malware

The Japanese state company that manages radioactive waste resulting from the nuclear reactor of Fukushima was hit by malware, as it has Japanese Ministry of Environment announced. The Japan Environmental Storage & Safety Corp (JESCO) manages the locations where the radioactive material, which is the consequence of the nuclear disaster in 2011, is stored.

According to the Ministry on the network discovered unauthorized communication to the outside. Further investigation revealed that a computer virus had infected the intranet, reports the Japan Times . Because the infection was decided to take down the network. JESCO is busy setting up of facilities for the storage of radioactive soil and other debris. To this end, consultations with landowners.

However, computers JESCO would contain no information on the landowners, the ministry said. Recently it was announced that Japan Pension Service was infected with malware and attackers as access to pension data of 1.25 million Japanese had been given.

1.25 Million Japanese Pension Data Stolen Via Virus

Japan Pension Service has warned today that data from 1.25 million Japanese are stolen after employees had open infected e-mail attachments. The attachments were found to contain a virus that names, addresses, birth dates and retirement numbers booty made.

The president of the Japan Pension Service made ​​during a conference apologized and said that all affected persons receive a new pension number. The organization has also removed all infected computers from the local network and employees from their work computers can no longer access the internet. What type of malware responsible for the attack, the president did not tell because of the ongoing investigation, reports the Japan Times .