The Japan Weather Association said Thursday that it has been hit by a cyberattack, rendering an information website it operates inaccessible.
The group said its website tenki.jp has been under a distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS attack, in which networks are overwhelmed by data from multiple sources over a short period, since around 7 a.m. Thursday.
The incident is the latest in a string of recent cyberattacks on Japanese companies, including Japan Airlines, NTT Docomo Inc. and major banks.
The weather association, which had not released an estimate for when the service is expected to be restored as of 2 p.m., said it was also hit by a similar cyberattack on Sunday.
"We deeply apologize to our users for this disruption amid the heightened risks posed by heavy snow," a spokesperson for the group said.
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Furan
Yes, many such cases. So much, that サイバー攻撃 is trending on X.
Usually these attacks occur as some sort of political protest or sabotage operation - but is there something Japan has done recently that would warrant this? Or do people want a cheap yen, or...?
(and no, attacks like these are not easily mitigated.)
kurisupisu
Just to confirm ;Japan is cold-heaters needed…
Mark
Apologizing for something you have no control of .... a very silly thing to do.
I would have expected such an apology if any information was wrong or inaccurate, that will let people think DDoS attacks are something you should be held responsible for.