[ISN] Japanese websites come under attack as Senkaku squabble continues

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120920b7.html

The Japan Times Online
Sep. 20, 2012

The websites of at least 19 Japanese banks, universities and other 
institutions have come under cyber-attack since Japan nationalized the 
Senkaku Islands on Sept. 11 despite objections from China and Taiwan, 
the National Police Agency said Wednesday.

The electronic attacks made accessing the sites temporarily impossible. 
Some of the attackers also altered content on the sites, the NPA said.

An NPA official said the attacks appear to be originating in China, 
judging by the fact that more than half of the sites were singled out 
for attack on the bulletin boards of Chinese hacking groups or in major 
chat sites.

The Tokyo Institute of Technology said the website of its Center for the 
Study of World Civilization was hacked to expose personal data on 1,068 
people who had taken part in events at the center. The data included 
names and telephone numbers.

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