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CYBER3d agoJapan's GMO Offers $1 Million Bounty to Catch Hackers Behind FX Trading Cloud BreachJapan's GMO Internet Group is offering up to $1 million in total for tips that help catch the attackers who breached its Onamae.com Desktop Cloud service, after refusing to pay an extortion demand. The reward program opened on October 28 and pays only if a tip helps lead to an arrest or an international wanted notice. The service hosts Windows desktops used for FX trading,The Hacker News
CYBER4d agoCyberStrikeAI Uses 44 AI Agents to Automate Hacking Operations Against Japan TargetsThe Hacker News
CYBER5d agoJapanese company to compensate users hit by cyberattackGMO Internet, a Japanese internet infrastructure company, will compensate customers for losses from unauthorised trading linked to a cyberattack on its cloud service, and will make a ¥5,000 (€28) goodwill payment to every customer currently using the affected service.EuroNews [en]
CYBER5d agoSecurity concerns flagged within Japan firm GMO before breach: CEOGMO Internet Group Inc CEO Masatoshi Kumagai admitted Sunday night that internal engineers had flagged security issues before unauthorized access occurred to a foreign exchange trading service it…Japan Today
CYBER5d agoJapan companies to compensate customers after major cyberattacksJapanese companies are moving to pay compensation to ⁠users following waves ⁠of cyberattacks that have disrupted internet ⁠services and raised concerns about economic stability. GMO Internet said customers would be compensated for losses stemming from unauthorised access following a cyberattack on its foreign exchange trading service, and all customers would receive 5,000 yen (US$32) ‌as “an initial gesture of good faith”, CEO Masatoshi Kumagai said in a blog post on Sunday. The move comes after...South China Morning Post
CYBERBREAKINGOct 22Japan gov't sites partially suspended as patching of PHP flaws underwaySome Japanese ministry webpages have been partially suspended as a preventive measure following the detection of vulnerabilities in the widely used PHP programming language, the government said Thursday,…Japan Today
CYBEROct 20Security firm finds China-linked AI agent behind Japan cyberattacksJapan Today
CYBEROct 15AI-armed hackers tear through corporate Japan’s neglected defencesSouth China Morning Post
CYBEROct 12Japan warns for increased vigilance against rising cyberattacksJapan's government issued a warning Friday for increased vigilance against cyberattacks, which are rising in number and becoming more sophisticated. The National Cybersecurity Office, which was set up…Japan Today
CYBEROct 8Japan Sees Sharp Rise in Web Data Leaks Amid Mobile API Abuse and Metabase AttacksAttackers behind a string of personal data leaks at Japanese organizations have abused APIs for mobile apps and targeted known software flaws, the JPCERT Coordination Center (JPCERT/CC) said. The Tokyo-based center, which takes incident reports, based its October 8, 2026 alert on those reports and other information. The alert names no attacker and no affected organization. JPCERT/The Hacker News
CYBERSep 30In Japan, free BitTorrent porn downloads bring legal trouble and finesJapanese BitTorrent users who thought they were simply downloading adult videos for free are increasingly receiving court notices and demands for hundreds of thousands of yen, as copyright holders step up efforts to identify users through their IP addresses. One self-employed man in his 40s living in Tokyo began using the file-sharing software after reading about it online. He would start downloading adult videos before going to bed and switch the software off the next morning, giving him access...South China Morning Post
CYBERSep 27Japanese anime actor fights TikTok over AI voice cloningA high-profile Japanese anime voice actor has taken TikTok to court over videos he says feature an artificial intelligence clone of his "lustrous" baritone, with a verdict due…Japan Today
CYBERSep 18Full picture of the 'mansion with a monthly rent of approximately 4.2 million yen' used by a fraud group targeting Japanese people in Bangkok - Thailand HyperlinksFull picture of the 'mansion with a monthly rent of approximately 4.2 million yen' used by a fraud group targeting Japanese people in Bangkok, featuring a violin-shaped pool, 10 bedrooms, and 18 bathrooms. Thailand Hyperlinks. Special fraud base exposed in Thailand was a mansion with 4.2 million yen rent. Sophisticated manual targeting Japanese people impersonating Miyagi Prefectural Police (Sendai Broadcasting) Yahoo! News. Rooms with windows blocked, cruel threats... Inside story of a fraud case based in Indonesia [Kagawa Prefecture] ['Darkバイト' crime] Asahi Shimbun. 15 Japanese and others detained in a luxury residence in Bangkok, 'police notebook' confiscated in special fraud – Thailand Jiji.com. Like a 'palace'... why do criminal organizations have 'good workplaces'? 14 people including Japanese detained in Thailand TV Asahi News.google · japan
CYBERAug 25Viral false claims about quakes, Hiroshima expose Japan’s online conspiracy problemTwo outlandish claims that gained large audiences online in Japan recently have “shocked” misinformation experts, who say conspiracy-style narratives are feeding on disaster anxiety, fading wartime memory and an online information ecosystem that rewards outrage and suspicion. In the aftermath of the July 28 earthquake in Kumamoto prefecture in southern Japan, a social media user claimed that seismic data from the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience showed the...South China Morning Post
CYBERJul 30SilverFox Targets Japanese Manufacturer with 3-Driver BYOVD Chain and ValleyRATThe Hacker News
CYBERJul 23Ransomware Attack Puts a Chill On Japanese Frozen-Food ChainA cyberattack on a food and logistics firm disrupts the supply of frozen food to thousands of clients, including major franchises like Kentucky Fried Chicken.Dark Reading
CYBERJul 16Japanese food group Nichirei hit by cyberattackA Japanese food group, Nichirei, has been affected by a cyberattack. This incident could impact the company's operations and data security.Yahoo Finance
CYBERJun 29Japan’s new AI police chief takes on US$2 billion scam epidemicShe has a young woman’s voice, a friendly face and a police chief’s badge. Her name is “AIko” and she may be Japan’s most unconventional weapon in a war against fraud that cost the country a record US$2 billion last year. AIko – a blend of the abbreviation for artificial intelligence and “ko”, the Japanese feminine name suffix – made her public debut in late May on Osaka Prefectural Police’s YouTube channel, warning viewers about the tactics used by scammers posing as police officers,...South China Morning Post