It is reported that these organizations use a kind of network equipment made by Fietta Company. This network device was exposed as early as 20 19, and Feita subsequently detected and released patch software to fix this vulnerability. Most organizations in Japan that use this kind of network equipment have not maintained and upgraded their hardware according to the manufacturer's relevant guidelines, so this has led some people with ulterior motives to use this loophole to attack it and profit from it.
According to Japanese domestic media reports, these more than 600 institutions include famous hotels, various enterprises, hospitals and various government agencies. Attackers successfully obtained login verification information such as login ID and password of internal systems from these institutions by taking advantage of this loophole. After obtaining this information, the attacker will continue to use the login information to log in to the internal network system of the relevant organization. Therefore, important data, such as confidential information of the organization and customer information, can be easily obtained from the internal system. If this happens, the losses of these institutions will be very large. Therefore, Japan's domestic network security enterprises have launched an appeal to the whole country, asking everyone to test their network hardware to ensure that the latest patches are installed to prevent this situation from continuing to develop.
With the development of the network, the importance of network security has become increasingly prominent, and this incident has also sounded the alarm for us. In the current network situation, we must pay attention to the latest information of the network equipment and software we use, patch the network equipment in time, and reduce the chance of being attacked by the network.