Japanese police claim China ran five-year cyberattack campaign targeting local orgs Japan’s National Police Agency and Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity have confirmed third party reports of attacks on local orgs by publishing details of a years-long series of attacks attributed to a China-backed source. The agencies have named the actor “MirrorFace”, aka “Earth Kasha”, and outlined …
So who comes up with these names?
Do they intentionally try to make security people look as stupid as possible when trying to explain/discuss things?
"Well you see, boss... we had a NOOPDOOR and an ANEL attack... no they weren't trying to do anal through the back door, try to focus, please."
Security is hard enough without bullshit like this.
The standard Japanese response to being informed of security problems was to deny everything, do as little as possible and cover as much up as possible when reporting to the higher-ups. Sometimes they MIGHT change an IP address or port of the reported vulnerablity but nothing more than that
Back in the 1990s we found the best way to get things done was to pass details to Japanese media who'd happily ambush CEOs with very embarassing questions
The rigidly hierarchical nature of Japanese society hasn't changed much despite veneers and they have a saying about "the nail which sticks out gets pounded down" - which is an accurate assessment of the ruthless bullying of anyone non-conforming in schools or businesses (teachers won't intervene and sometimes join in). The result is those at the bottom of the organisational pyramid do as little as possible whilst still being paid - and expecting them to work longer hours just results in LESS work being done, despite appearances
"Punching down, sucking up" is a very real, very tolerated aspect of Japanese society (particularly business)
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