TechnologyJapan lashes out against alleged Chinese military cyberattacks
Tokyo goes on offensive, names Beijing as culprit for first time ever
A recent cyberattack campaign against JAXA and some 200 other Japanese entities was blamed on Chinese military. © Reuters
YUICHI SAKAGUCHI, Nikkei senior staff writer
TOKYO -- Usually a mundane affair, the weekly news conference by the National Public Safety Commission caused a stir recently among the global cybersecurity community after police chief Mitsuhiro Matsumoto officially identified China as responsible for a cyberattack on Japan.