Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-04-04 00:00:00
Affected organization: Japan Ministry Employees
Affected country: Japan
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Japanese government's cybersecurity center reveals that the email addresses and passwords of thousands of ministry employees have been leaked and are being sold on the Internet.