Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-05-28 00:00:00
Affected organization: Japan universal public pension system
Affected country: Japan
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The organization that manages Japan's universal public pension system confirms that approximately 1.25 million personal records are compromised by hackers in a recent targeted attack. Blue Termite, an alleged Chinese threat actor, may be responsible.