Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-04-23 00:00:00
Affected organization: Japanese defense companies
Affected country: Japan
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Political-Espionage
Actor: Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Tianjin State Security Department (APT10)
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: China
Description: According to FireEye, the Chinese group APT10 has targeted Japanese defense companies, possibly to get information on Tokyo's policy toward resolving the North Korean nuclear impasse.