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Cyber-Attack on JAXA May Have Caused a Leak of Classified Information.

The main gate of JAXA’s Tsukuba Space Center
【Image Source】Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tsukuba_Space_Center_Main_Gate.jpg

07/17/2024 NSBT Japan Editorial Department
Cyber East Asia
On June 21, it was found that there is a possibility that a huge amount of information of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA which headquarter is in Chofu, Tokyo), including classified information, may have been leaked following multiple cyberattacks from 2023 to 2024. According to sources familiar with the matter, the number of files at risk of being leaked are more than 10,000 and they included information belonging to outside agencies such as the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Toyota Motor Corporation, and the Ministry of Defense, which have non-disclos…

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