JAXA = Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency was attacked by a cyber attack, and it is suspected that a group of hackers who are believed to have been instructed by the Chinese People's Liberation Army were involved. It turned out that he had been interviewing two Chinese Communist Party men voluntarily.
The two have since left the country, and the Metropolitan Police Department is continuing to investigate their actions.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, JAXA = Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency was attacked by a cyber attack in 2016, and a rental server in Japan was used and a system engineer with a history of staying in Japan was a pseudonym of a man in his 30s who is a member of the Chinese Communist Party. I found out that I had a contract with.
IDs for using the server were passed to a group of hackers called "Tick" through an online site, and it seems that a cyber attack was carried out under the direction of the PLA, and the Metropolitan Police Department made a man a private electromagnetic record fraudulent creation and service. I sent the documents on suspicion.
In the investigation so far, it was suspected that a former Chinese student who was in Japan in addition to this man had a contract for a server under a pseudonym, and the Metropolitan Police Department had voluntarily interviewed the two people. I understood from the interview.
Of these, a Chinese Communist Party man admitted that he had contracted a server under a pseudonym and resold his ID, but it was difficult to file a case immediately and the two left the country afterwards.
Former international students are believed to have been instructed through their wives by a person belonging to the PLA's cyber-attack unit "61419 Unit", and the Metropolitan Police Department is continuing to investigate the actions of the two.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman "should not guess for no reason"
JAXA = Approximately 200 research institutes and companies in Japan, such as the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and defense-related companies, were hit by a large-scale cyber attack, and it is believed that this was due to a group of hackers who were instructed by the Chinese People's Liberation Army in an investigation by police authorities. Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, said at a regular press conference on the 20th that he was "not aware" of the case.
He added, "China has emphasized that cyberspace is highly virtual and difficult to track. When investigating a cyber incident, it should be based on sufficient evidence and should not be guessed for no reason. What is China? We strongly oppose the use of cyber-attack issues as an excuse for China and the use of cyber-security issues for sneaky political purposes. "