JP Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jan 2013 Hacking (Q15893)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | JP Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jan 2013 Hacking |
A data breach risk event |
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January 2013
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Japans foreign ministry said that a computer was compromised and documents were probably copied to an external server. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that about 20 documents are feared to have been stolen, though none of them were confidential. The ministry said it was made aware of the breach on Jan. 28 by Japans National Information Security Center, a government body. The incident was described in a public posting dated Tuesday. The leak occurred on a government network that doesnt handle highly sensitive materials. The documents leaked were all rated at the countrys second-highest security clearance or lower, which the ministry describes as documents that are not classified but could infringe the rights of the public or impede administrative affairs if leaked. The ministry said i (English)
