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Cabinet sets up taskforce to deal with cyberattacks

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The cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has set up a taskforce to discuss measures to work with the private sector to counter cyberattacks.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said the taskforce, comprising members of the National Police Agency and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, will hold its first meeting this week.

Fujimura also issued a statement calling for both companies and individuals to take steps to stop hackers by using the latest antivirus software and other measures to protect their computers and mobile phones.

The move comes in the aftermath of a series of cyberattacks this year on Japanese companies, including Sony Entertainment, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and some Japanese government agencies.

In September, the attacks affected the websites of the National Personnel Authority, a video distribution service and a site run by the Cabinet Office, the National Police Agency said.

Police believe the websites were hit by distributed denial-of-service attacks in which hackers overwhelm a target website with massive amounts of data using a multitude of compromised "zombie" computers.

China has been accused of spearheading online attacks on government agencies and companies, allegations Beijing has always denied.

In June, Internet giant Google said a cyber-spying campaign originating in China had targeted Gmail accounts of senior U.S. officials, military personnel, journalists and Chinese political activists.

In the attack on Mitsubishi Heavy, data on nuclear power plants and military-related products were leaked. The company found in mid-August that some 80 servers and computers of the nation's top heavy machinery manufacturer had been infected with computer viruses.

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Fujimura also issued a statement calling for both companies and individuals to take steps to stop hackers by using the latest antivirus software and other measures to protect their computers and mobile phones.

hahahahahahha fail before they even started, they have no idea do they

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It's funny. Japanese programmers are good at copying, but that would fight the information war, one would think. In 2009, Japan shut down the project TRON, system Rubi barely alive, and wants prvitelstvo using mobile phones to fight cybercrime. First you need to take a rag and wave it near the phone antenna - this will eliminate interference on the phone. And then turn on the brains and start thinking and not PR deal.

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The company found in mid-August that some 80 servers and computers of the nation’s top heavy machinery manufacturer had been infected with computer viruses.

What is wrong with their IT department?

More proof why Macs are better.

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Most of the attacks can be fent off by properly using a software called Brain version 1.0. It seems these guys are still using an alpha version and on top of that on ancient hardware with lightning-fast response time...

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