J-Bureaucrats will click on any game emailed to them

[Taro Toporific]

Of the 1.25 million pension records hacked today, 500,000 were stored without password protection or any encryption ...

Japan pension system hacked, 1.25 million cases of personal data leaked
Reuters June 1, 2015
Japan's pension system has been hacked and more than a million cases of personal data leaked, authorities said on Monday, in an embarrassment that revived memories of a scandal that helped topple Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in his first term in office.
Japan Pension Service staff computers were improperly accessed by an external email virus, leading to the leak of some 1.25 million cases of personal data...more...

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[Russell]

I guess we should count ourselves lucky that those hackers didn't install ransomware...

[Taro Toporific]

More than one wrong click: Japan pension administrator's lax response worsens data theft
Nikkei Asian Review June 2, 2015
...After the initial infection was detected on May 8, the pension service isolated the compromised computer and warned employees not to open attachments to suspicious emails. But this advice went unheeded by some. Another employee received the email and opened the file. Only on May 19 did the pension service ask Tokyo police to investigate; by then, its network had been infiltrated multiple times. A swifter response would likely have limited the loss of data.
Other missteps came before the breach. Internal rules require the use of passwords to safeguard personal information. But some 550,000 of the 1.25 million leaked names and ID numbers lacked password protection, the institution admitted.
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[matsuki]

Cue calls to return to a paper based system in 3..2..1...

[Salty]

Just wait for the `my number` system to link family records, medical insurance, bank accounts, etc.

[Takechanpoo]

chinese font found in source code of the virus!
http://www.zakzak.co.jp/society/domesti ... 007-n1.htm

[Samurai_Jerk]

Can accessing files that aren't encrypted or password protected even be called hacking?

[matsuki]

Can accessing files that aren't encrypted or password protected even be called hacking?

LOL, indeed....but considering how inept those in charge of shit like that are here, Chinese hackers are going to have a field day with the lack of security.

[Coligny]

chinese font found in source code of the virus!
http://www.zakzak.co.jp/society/domesti ... 007-n1.htm

Okkkaaaayyy... I guess..

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