The Cyber Incident Mobile Assistant Team task force, will initially be containing 24 members. The team will be tasked with providing assistance to government departments and key infrastructure firms against cyber-attacks by both hacktivists and (potentially) foreign governments. Both Japanese defense contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency warned of a series of cyber-espionage style attacks against their systems last year.
For now, however, the priority seems to be combating hacktivists, some of who are aligning themselves with street demonstrations against the re-start of Japan’s nuclear power program, which was suspended in the wake of the Fukushima tsunami-related meltdown last year.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/04/anonymous_japan_protests/
