No sign of ransomware - or attacker s identity, so far
Gareth Corfield Thu 27 May 2021 // 12:29 UTC Share
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A Fujitsu project management suite is causing red faces at the Japanese company’s HQ after “unauthorised access” resulted in data being stolen from government agencies, local reports say.
Chief cabinet secretary Katsunobu Kato told Japan’s Nikkei financial newspaper earlier today: “We are asking Fujitsu to contact us promptly if we confirm an information leak.”
The firm’s ProjectWEB tool was reportedly accessed by an unidentified “third party” who helped themself to data from, among others, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, its Cabinet Office Cyber Security Centre and the Ministry of Land (MoL). Around 76,000 email addresses were reportedly copied from the MoL’s servers, including those of private businesses that communicated with the agency.