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CYBERSECURITY

Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 6, 2021
More than 20,000 U.S. organizations compromised through Microsoft flaw
More than 20,000 U.S. organizations have been compromised through a back door installed via recently patched flaws in Microsoft Corp.'s email software, a person familiar with the U.S. government's response said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 4, 2021
Why global power grids are still vulnerable to cyberattacks
More than five years after massive cyberattacks left a quarter of a million Ukrainians without electricity, the world’s power grids have become even more vulnerable to hackers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 2, 2021
China appears to warn India: Push too hard and the lights could go out
As border skirmishing increased last year, malware began to flow into the Indian electric grid, a new study shows, and a blackout hit Mumbai. It now looks like a warning.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2021
Clubhouse chats are breached, raising concerns over security
A week after popular audio chatroom app Clubhouse said it was taking steps to ensure user data couldn’t be stolen by malicious hackers or spies, at least one attacker has shown that the platform’s live audio can be siphoned.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 5, 2021
How a dated cyberattack brought a stock exchange to its knees
The website of the New Zealand Stock Exchange slowed to a crawl on a Tuesday afternoon in August. It was so badly throttled that the exchange couldn’t post market announcements, as required by financial regulators. So with an hour left for trading, management shut the entire operation down.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2021
Trump got a space force. Biden should get a cyber force.
To use a military analogy, the initial attack on SolarWinds was a carpet-bombing, which had immediate (if undetected) effects across the entire field of battle.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 1, 2021
India-Japan cyber cooperation: From strength to strength
In India, defense experts fear allowing Huawei and ZTE's 5G technology in India would seriously compromise the entire command and communication structure of the Indian military.
Japan Times
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 / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jan 8, 2021
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.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jan 7, 2021
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.
Japan Times
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 / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jan 5, 2021
The battle to modernize Japan
In a country of fax machines and fragmented central administration, Suga's vision of a digital agency looks hard to achieve.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 22, 2020
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.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2020
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.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 21, 2020
The SolarWinds cybersecurity wake-up call
The SolarWinds attack unfolded over many months, and coincided with governments' latest negotiations to strengthen and clarify cyber norms.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 20, 2020
'Powerful tradecraft': How foreign cyberspies compromised America
Officials and researchers believe at least half a dozen U.S. agencies have been infiltrated and thousands of firms hit with malware in what may be one of the biggest hacks ever uncovered.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 4, 2020
IBM says cyberattacks are targeting vaccine distribution operations
The attacks appear intended to steal the credentials of executives and officials at global organizations involved in the refrigeration process necessary to protect vaccine doses.
Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Japan brings forward deadline for electronic travel authorization system
Japan is planning to implement by March 2029 a new online screening system in which foreign visitors who don’t need a visa apply for a certification before entering the country.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Tokyo prices rise most in two years, backing central bank's hike path
Consumer prices excluding fresh food in Tokyo gained 3.4% in April from a year earlier, as a mixture of impacts from last year’s school fee cuts and higher food and energy costs accelerated inflation, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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