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Japan says Chinese hackers targeted its government and tech companies for years
The years-long hacking spree targeted government organizations as well as companies across Japan.
In July 2024 Japan’s Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (JPCERT/CC) wrote in a blog post that MirrorFace’s “targets were initially media, political organisations, think tanks and universities, but it has shifted to manufacturers and research institutions since 2023.” In 2022, cybersecurity firm ESET published research detailing a spearfishing email campaign carried out by MirrorFace that targeted Japanese political entities and specific politicians ahead of elections in the country. In 2023, The Washington Post reported that the U.S. National Security Agency discovered in 2020 that Chinese military hackers had compromised some of the most sensitive classified defense networks in Japan.
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