Hacker Attacked JOGMEC’s Website

Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) unveiled on September 18, 2008 that an overseas hacker attacked their website on July 27, 2008 and infected it with viruses. This statement came after the JOGMEC site got completely fixed following the hacking attack.

According to reports, all the online services of website related to the public database were ceased after the attack. Since then, efforts are being made to find the details of any damage and patch up those damages with the cooperation of an IT security company.

JOGMEC estimated that about 2,400 people accessed the infected website before the problem was ultimately fixed. Infected computers are still supposed of leaking information to the servers abroad. People visiting the site are being strongly advised t...

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