Cyber-attacks 'targeted nuclear lab'
A research center at the University of Toyama famous for its work on tritium, a substance used to fuel nuclear fusion reactors, is feared to have been targeted by cyber-attacks over a period of about six months, according to an internal investigation by the university and other sources.
The possibility of cyber-attacks was discovered in June of this year. Information is feared to have been stolen from the computer terminal of a researcher at the university's Hydrogen Isotope Research Center.
An expert on cybersecurity said: "Pieces of information important to national security were among the data targeted. It is urgent to improve the level of security at universities that store information assets."
