A wave of hacking attacks on
university websites between mid-December and early January left online contents
of at least 18 institutions across Japan tampered with, The Asahi Shimbun has
found.
The string of cyberattacks targeted a total of 32 websites of research
labs, officially recognized extracurricular clubs and other groups belonging to
the 18 schools located in Tokyo and 11 prefectures, including the University of
Tokyo, Keio University and Nagoya University.
The Asahi Shimbun contacted the universities individually after
learning of the attacks from online sources.
The infiltrators replaced the website content with pages saying
they had been hacked, as well as posting lists of URLs believed to connect to
scam websites.
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