Japan ministry information reportedly stolen in cyberattack

Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 | Filed under Cyberattack | Posted by

“Highly confidential documents related to sensitive trade negotiations are suspected to have been stolen from computers at Japan’s farm ministry.

According to The Daily Yomiuri on Thursday, citing government sources, a cyberattack originating from abroad obtained more than 3,000 pieces of information from the country’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery, including about 20 top-secret documents on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade pact negotiations. ”

Source:Japan ministry information reportedly stolen in cyberattack | ZDNet

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