http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20101103p2a00m0na011000c.html Mainichi Japan November 3, 2010 Internal information about the Tokyo police's anti-terrorism activities found circulating online was leaked via a server in Luxembourg, investigative sources have revealed, raising the possibility that there was intent to disguise the source of the leak. Furthermore, there have been no signs that computers at the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) were infected with a virus via a file-sharing program, increasing the likelihood that the data was leaked intentionally. Those involved in the case say that it will be difficult to trace the leak. According to investigators and experts, records of the leak -- which took place via the file-sharing program Winny -- showed that the information had been uploaded onto the Internet via a server in Luxembourg. Experts say that when computers in Japan are infected with a virus, the source of the virus is usually traced to a domestic server. The MPD is currently trying to trace the original server used to upload the leaked information. The MPD has found 114 documents online, which include information on people believed to be cooperating with terrorism investigations and those who are under investigation. Of these, 108 documents were in PDF format. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Thu Nov 04 2010 - 22:27:15 PDT
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