Virus found on JAXA’s data terminal

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have discovered a computer virus on one of their data terminals. They believe that the virus gathered sensitive information. They are investigating on how the specific computer was infected. Information about the unmanned vessel H-2 Transfer Vehicle and its operations are believed to be compromised. In addition, the attacker that put the virus there knew the login credentials of the employee who was working on that terminal. The virus was found on Jan 6 2011 but the same terminal was also infected on Aug 2011. The only sure thing is that JAXA will increase the security to prevent malware infections in the future.

Source: [Space]