Post date: Sep 20, 2011 1:56:39 PM
Japanese government says that no important data appears to have been stolen in cyber attack on Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
TOKYO, JAPAN (SEPTEMBER 20, 2011) REUTERS -
Japan's government said on Tuesday (September 20) that no important data was stolen after hackers broke into defence contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI).
Mitsubishi Heavy, which has built the U.S.-designed F-15 fighter jet and missile systems including Patriot batteries under license, said on Monday (September 19) that computer systems had been accessed in August and some network information, such as IP addresses, may have been leaked.An investigation by a computer security company revealed connections were made to 14 overseas sites, including at least 20 servers in China, Hong Kong, the United States and India, the Yomiuri newspaper reported, citing unidentified sources.
Japan's chief cabinet secretary Osamu Fujimura, however, said that no important data had been stolen from Japan's main defence contractor.
"We have not confirmed any leakage regarding products or technology. Mitsubishi Heavy is currently looking into the details of what happened and once that is determined, we will respond appropriately," he said.
Shares of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries fell on Tuesday on the news, down 3.65 percent, compared to the Nikkei average, down 1.65 percent.
"With regards to this attack we hope to strengthen cooperation between the agencies involved and work towards preventing a similar attack from happening again," Fujimura said.
Mitsubishi Heavy won 215 deals worth 260 billion yen ($3.4 billion USD) from Japan's Ministry of Defence in the year to last March, or nearly a quarter of the ministry's spending that year.