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Japan – Kawasaki Heavy Industries Aerospace Co.

Exploit: Hacking
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Aerospace Co.: Aerospace Technology Manufacturing 

Risk to Small Business: 1.802 = Severe

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Aerospace Co., the maker of defense systems, aircraft and space exploration components, uncovered a data breach that impacted its information storage. The company is investigating the incident but inclined to attribute the attack to sophisticated, nation-state hackers.

Individual Risk: No individual or personal data has been reported as exposed in this incident.

Customers Impacted: Unknown

How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: Nation-state hacking is an increasingly pernicious problem for major defense players as hacking operations grow more precisely targeted.Nation-state hacking is an increasingly pernicious problem for major defense players as hacking operations grow more precisely targeted.factor authentication to ensure that, even if their credentials are accidently shared online, accounts aren’t easily accessible to hackers.

Source:
http://techgenix.com/kawasaki-reports-data-breach