"Japan’s Space Agency Was Hit by Multiple Cyberattacks, but Officials Say No Sensitive Data Was Taken"
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan’s space agency, recently announced that it has suffered a series of cyberattacks since last year, but sensitive information related to rockets and satellites was not affected. Officials said JAXA is currently working with the government’s cybersecurity team to introduce countermeasures, and an investigation into the incidents is still ongoing. JAXA has had a series of successes in its space program this year. In January, its Smart Lander for investigating the moon reached the lunar surface in a breakthrough precision landing, making Japan the fifth country to successfully put a probe on the moon. In February, the agency’s new flagship H3 rocket successfully reached a planned orbit for the first time. A third H3 flight carrying an advanced observation satellite is scheduled for June 30.