TSE's Mothers e-mail service hacked

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TOKYO Dec. 21 Kyodo - Someone has hacked into the server of the
''Mothers Supporters Club'' e-mail magazine on the Internet home page
of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), and has sent virus-infected e-mails
to some club members, the TSE said Thursday.

The TSE warned the online club's members not to open the e-mails, and
has started investigating the incident, it said.

The TSE said the hacking has not affected the exchange's stock trading
and other systems.

Hackers gained access to the server after 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, the TSE
said. It said it temporarily stopped the service to prevent the
virus-infected e-mails from being sent out, but some had already been
received by club members.

If one of the e-mails is opened, it automatically reproduces and sends
itself to all the mail addresses registered in the computer, the TSE
said.

The club was established at the end of November last year to provide
information on the TSE's Mothers section for venture companies.

The club's home page is divided into two -- one for its 8,000 or so
ordinary members, and the other for institutional investors. The
ordinary members' page was the one vandalized.

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