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While still early, some researchers view the reported hacking into Fujitsuâs ProjectWEB software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform as a nation-state attack with similarities to the SolarWinds hack that infiltrated government agencies.
According to the Japanese National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity, the agency investigating the attack, the intrusion was detected by Fujitsu on Monday, May 24. A day later, the tech giant temporarily shut down ProjectWeb. Impacted agencies include the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the Cabinet Secretariat; and Narita Airport in Toyko.
âAs the Olympics approach, more cyberattacks are expected to target Japanese infrastructure and government agencies,â said Chenxi Wang, founder and general partner of Rain Capital. âWe don’t know if this attack is tied to the Olympics, but it’s clear that the attackers are
On May 12, 2021, the Biden administration released the expansive Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity (the Order) with potentially far-reaching consequences for private industry.
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The decision to ban Kaspersky Lab products and services from federal agency networks and systems may just have been a shot across the bow.
The Justice Department is considering rolling out the big guns against companies owned and operated by Russian nationals.
John Demers, the assistant attorney general for National Security in DoJ, said in light of the SolarWinds attack, Justice, along with the FBI and the intelligence community, launched a new effort to see where there may be supply chain vulnerabilities of companies that are Russian or are doing business in Russia.
Assistant Attorney General of the National Security Division John Demers. (Jim Watson via AP)