
National Jan 23, 2021
Up to 200 Japanese nationals are expected to compete to show the breadth of their abilities in areas such as computer security system vulnerabilities and information analysis
Up to 200 Japanese nationals are expected to compete to show the breadth of their abilities in areas such as computer security system vulnerabilities and information analysis
Tokyo police arrest two Chinese students over NTT Docomo e-money hacks
The two exchange students are suspected of transferring a total of some ¥700,000 into Docomo Koza accounts from Okayama residents' accounts in Chugoku Bank.
SolarWinds hackers linked to Russian spying tools, investigators say
The findings are the first publicly available evidence to support assertions by the United States that Russia orchestrated the hack.
The need to digitalize Japanese society as a whole
Japan must take action to ensure its future digital agency doesn't get lost under the rest of the government's apparatus.
How Japan can become a data powerhouse
The country's new digital agency must take a lead in forming Japan’s data infrastructure and global data rule-making, while benefiting the people.
U.S. intelligence says Russia 'likely' behind hacking of government agencies
The penetration of departments including Defense, State, Homeland Security, Treasury, and Commerce is considered one of the worst known cybercompromises in recent year.
In a country of fax machines and fragmented central administration, Suga's vision of a digital agency looks hard to achieve.
Kawasaki Heavy hack may have targeted defense-linked information
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. said Monday that some data may have been breached as a result of unauthorized access to a server in Japan. The hack may have targeted defense-related information held by Kawasaki Heavy, which produces aircraft and submarines for the Defense Ministry. Kawasaki Heavy ...
Rakuten exposes 1.48 million sets of data to access from outside
Japanese online shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc. said Friday that a computer security problem at the group exposed 1,486,291 sets of personal and corporate information to access from the outside. Of the affected data, managed by Rakuten, credit card subsidiary Rakuten Card Co. and e-money ...
SolarWinds adviser warned of lax security years before hack
Cybersecurity researchers have described glaring security lapses at the company, whose software was used in a suspected Russian hacking campaign.
New tricks and old truths for the world’s second oldest profession: spying
The SolarWinds attack was a supply chain hack. One of the most successful U.S. espionage programs of the Cold War was a 20th-century version of this attack.
Japanese firms explore quantum cryptography to make stock trading secure
Toshiba Corp., NEC Corp. and Nomura Holdings Inc., among others, expect to put the technology into use in stock trading within several years.