Hackers Likely Have Japanese Warplane, Nuclear Data

Hackers targeting Japan's defense industry likely obtained sensitive information relating to military warplanes, missiles, as well as design and safety information for nuclear power plants.

On Monday, sources close to the Japanese defense ministry said that while data relating to confidential national security matters didn't appear to have been breached, sensitive information had been stolen, reported the Japan Times.

Notably, Mitsubishi Heavy--Japan's largest defense contractor, perhaps best known in the United States for manufacturing the surface-to-air Patriot missile--found that multiple PCs were infected with a Trojan application designed to send data to an outside server.

In addition, "an internal investigation found signs that the information had been transmitted outside the company's computer network, with the strong possibility that an outsider was involved," reported Asahi Shimbun.

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