This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan, a major Japanese defense contractor, was severely inflicted with a cyber attack. The attack harmed about 45 servers and 38 computers with malware at ten facilities located throughout Japan and its Yokohama headquarters.
The points that were affected include Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works, a manufacturing plant in southwest Japan which builds submarines and components to build nuclear power stations, Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, which makes escort ships, a shipbuilding yard for destroyers in Nagoya, located in central Japan, and the Nagoya Guidance & Propulsion System Works, which makes engine parts for missiles.
“There is no possibility of any leakage of defense-related information at this point. We’ve found out that some system information such as IP addresses have been leaked and that’s creepy enough”, an official told so in a statement.
“With over 80 computers compromised, the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries attacks show that once compromised, the internal network can become a playground for sophisticated attackers,” Adam Powers, CTO of Lancope.
“Cybercriminals, whether state-sponsored or not, are interested in stealing sensitive information which could have more than a financial value,” Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant said.
U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn has stated publicly that a foreign intelligence agency had been behind the attacks on defense contractors.
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