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Tokyo, Oct. 24 (Jiji Press)--Park24 Co. has announced plans to provide a consolation payment of 3,000 yen in cash or gift cards to Times Car vehicle-sharing service users affected by a recent data breach. The company has confirmed that about 6.62 million user accounts were compromised. Of those accounts, eligible for the payment will be about 1.46 million accounts from which images of ident...
Tokyo, Oct. 24 (Jiji Press)--Sagawa Express Co. has announced that up to about 53.23 million sets of personal information may have been compromised due to unauthorized access. The unauthorized access occurred on its delivery tracking service, according to the transport company's announcement on Sept. 30. The affected data includes the names, addresses, and phone numbers of senders and re...
Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)--Japanese industry minister Ryosei Akazawa on Friday announced a plan to establish a team of so-called white hat hackers, or ethical experts with advanced cybersecurity knowledge, to strengthen the country's cyber defenses. The minister told a press conference that he has instructed industry ministry staff to set up the team at the government-affiliated Innovatio...
Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)--Japan's industry ministry is mulling a plan to launch a team of so-called white hat hackers, or ethical security experts with advanced cybersecurity knowledge, to assist companies in responding to cyberattacks, it was learned Thursday. In light of a recent string of cyberattacks in the country, the ministry is considering establishing a framework at the Innovati...
Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government, in a rare move, has repeatedly urged people to take precautions after critical vulnerabilities were detected in the PHP programming language, which is widely used for websites. The moves reflected concerns that a delayed response could deal a blow to the economy and society, especially given the recent string of personal data breaches ca...
Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)--Japan's IwaiCosmo Securities Co. said that unauthorized trading orders not intended by customers were placed through seven accounts following a cyberattack on Trade Works Co., which operates its online trading system. Trades were executed in five of the seven accounts, the securities firm said Tuesday. Trade Works' system was subjected to unauthorized access o...
Tokyo, Oct. 14 (Jiji Press)--IDC Frontier Inc., a cloud service subsidiary of Japanese telecommunications and technology company SoftBank Corp., said Wednesday that no breaches of customer information it stores has been confirmed following unauthorized access last week. IDC Frontier explained that an investigation conducted with an external security firm found no evidence that data had been...
Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Financial Services Agency on Friday called on financial institutions to review their cybersecurity measures in response to a recent series of customer data breaches caused by unauthorized access. The agency asked financial institutions to examine their response procedures in the event of a cyberattack and take necessary measures promptly if any deficienci...
Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--Two more Japanese firms have disclosed unauthorized access to their systems that led to large-scale breaches of customer data. Bookoff Group Holdings Ltd., a secondhand goods retailer, said Friday that data on up to around 6.43 million customers have been compromised. Daiichikosho Co., a karaoke store chain, said on Thursday that data on about 8.72 million custome...