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China hacked Japan’s sensitive defense networks, officials say (www.washingtonpost.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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According to former US and Japanese officials, the NSA discovered in the fall of 2020 that the PRC had persistent access to Japanese Defense Networks.

This prompted a bilateral engagement to enhance Japanese Network security.

Kind of scary to think about all the state hacking going on that hasn't yet been revealed.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Any cultural or infrastructural reasons as to why Japan is not good at cybersecurity?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/15/japan-cyber-security-ministernever-used-computer-yoshitaka-sakurada

I think this article is enlightening on Japan's cybersecurity. Things may have changed but people like this being in charge put them way behind.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

never used computer

Cybersecurity minister

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Sakurada has been in office just over a month, after being appointed in a cabinet reshuffle following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s reelection

had to check when the article was written at this one lol

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

We still use FAX. No, seriously.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

While it isn’t ubiquitous here in Australia by any means, fax still occupies some weird areas of law that make it common. When my doctor sends a referral it is almost always via fax, because email isn’t legal. Apparently, owning a phone number is more proof than owning an email address?

What’s hilarious is that most medical providers use fax-over-VoIP (yes, that’s apparently the term) anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

fax over VoIP has to be the most stupid thing I've ever heard

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Same in the US, doctors offices want everything done by fax. Because security.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nothing to do with security. Everything to do with olds not wanting to learn anything new. I had a client, a doctor, do early retirement instead of move his paper files into and EMR system. Because he didn't want to learn it. Kind of like appointing a boomer with zero IT experience to the head of cybersecurity. Any country that is short sighted enough to pull that shit deserves to have their networks wrecked.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

EMR systems aren't FOSS, so I'd be reluctant too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whatever security benefits there may be in fax are completely defeated if you send it over VoIP.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I was being sarcastic about the security thing.