CHINA-JAPAN: JAPAN CLAIMS PLA-LINKED CHINESE HACKER GROUP ATTACKED OVER 200 JAPANESE COMPANIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES

The Japan Times (April 20) reported that investigators had uncovered on April 19, that China’s military is thought to have instructed “Tick,” a Chinese cyberespionage group, to conduct cyberattacks on nearly 200 companies and research institutes in Japan, including the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Tokyo police have identified a Chinese system engineer in his 30s in Japan at the time who is suspected of using a fake ID to gain access to a rental server to launch the cyberattacks. It said Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato declined to comment on the investigation, but told a regular news briefing on April 20 that cyberattacks on infrastructure were becoming more organized and the government saw responding to such incidents as an important issue. China’s Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.





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