Previously, the U.S. and China have used similar weapons in the practice of securing the country.
Japan is not the first country to officially create cyber weapons. Prior to this, the United States and China is reported to have used a similar weapon in the practice of securing the country.
Japan is developing a virus that is able to trace the source of cyber attacks and then neutralize the program. In addition, the virus is also equipped with devices to monitor and analyze attacks.
Excerpted from the daily Yomiuri Shimbun, January 2, 2012, the weapon is a manifestation of a three-year investment projects whose value totaled 179 million yen (Rp21 billion) entrusted to the government in technology companies, Fujitsu Ltd..
Japan is not the first country to officially create cyber weapons. Prior to this, the United States and China is reported to have used a similar weapon in the practice of securing the country.
Even so, the country was forced to make special rules relating to use of cyber weapons because the move was actually violated the law in force in Japan that prohibits the manufacture of computer viruses.
The Japanese government itself appeared to be upset. Last November, the computer system run by about 200 local governments in Japan under attack.
A month earlier, the country's parliament that gets a cyber attack. The attack seems to originate from the same email, nothing to do with the server from China who had previously been hit a number of government computer.
A number of Japanese government-owned computers at various embassies and consulates in 9 countries also experienced a virus attack in the middle of last year.
Currently, the virus was officially made in Japan in the middle of testing in the 'closed environment' to find out how best to use it.
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