At least eight different kinds of computer virus including Trojan horse, which steals key information from infected computer hardware, were found at Mitsubishi Heavy’s main office or production sites, the Yomiuri said. It is the country’s biggest defense contractor, winning 215 deals worth 260 billion yen ($3.4 billion) from Japan’s Ministry of Defense in the year to last March, or nearly a quarter of the ministry’s spending that year.
Japan’s defence industry hit by its first cyber attack from Reuters.
I find the “first cyber attack” claim to be pretty dubious, especially considering it is 2011. These so-called “cyber attacks” happen every day. That Mitsubishi is finally capable of detecting and confirming an intrusion is terrifying. Hopefully the other defense contractors have a much better grasp on information technology and information assurance practices.
This situation is only going to get worse.
Lastly, I wish the article did not refer to what they found as a virus. It is better described as malware. Calling what was found a virus gives the impression that installing some form of anti-virus software would have detected the malicious activity.
Nothing could be further from reality.
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