December 10, 2021
As announced in a press release on March 18, 2021, there was unauthorized access to the core network system of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (after this JAMSTEC).
We would like to express our deepest apologies for any inconvenience or concern this may have caused you.
Followings report the facts found from our careful investigation based on the advice of experts and other factors and our measures to prevent a recurrence.
On March 16, 2021, the contractor we entrusted with network monitoring reported to JAMSTEC that the account information of staff members and others had been stolen.
Subsequent investigations revealed that unauthorized access to the JAMSTEC's internal network was conducted for approximately one year from March 27, 2020, to March 16, 2021.
The stolen information is as follows. We confirmed that the information did not contain highly confidential information.
We have e-mailed apologies by December 10, 2021 to people outside JAMSTEC.
We have implemented security measures in the core system and enhanced the security of login authentication.
We have reviewed our management system and will continue to check the security measures of the entire JAMSTEC and raise staff members' awareness of information security.
After confirming the information leakage, we conducted a thorough investigation with the cooperation of external expert organizations to accurately grasp the facts for a public announcement. We sincerely apologize again it was announced at this time, as it took time to confirm the scope of the leaked information.
No secondary damage has been confirmed so far.
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