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
National / Crime & Legal Jan 19, 2021
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.
World Jan 11, 2021
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.
Commentary / Japan | API Geoeconomic Briefing Jan 8, 2021
The need to digitalize Japanese society as a whole
by Jun Mukoyama
Japan must take action to ensure its future digital agency doesn't get lost under the rest of the government's apparatus.
Commentary / Japan | API Geoeconomic Briefing Jan 7, 2021
How Japan can become a data powerhouse
by Jun Mukoyama
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.
World / Crime & Legal Jan 6, 2021
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.
Commentary / Japan | API Geoeconomic Briefing Jan 5, 2021
by Jun Mukoyama
In a country of fax machines and fragmented central administration, Suga's vision of a digital agency looks hard to achieve.
National Dec 28, 2020
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 ...
Business Dec 26, 2020
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 ...
Business / Tech Dec 22, 2020
SolarWinds adviser warned of lax security years before hack
by Ryan Gallagher
Cybersecurity researchers have described glaring security lapses at the company, whose software was used in a suspected Russian hacking campaign.
Commentary / World Dec 22, 2020
New tricks and old truths for the world’s second oldest profession: spying
by Brad Glosserman
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.
Business / Tech Dec 21, 2020
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.