World News by Wild Rose

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...

Tokyo, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)--Japanese police have captured a Russian national believed to be a key member of the "Qilin" international hacker group and extradited him to Germany, investigative sources said Tuesday. Qilin is believed to have carried out ransomware attacks against companies worldwide, causing major damage through data encryption. In 2025, the group claimed responsibility on...

Osaka, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)--Osaka Metropolitan University has said that data on at least 130,000 students and teachers may have leaked from the institution due to a system failure caused by a cyberattack. "It is regrettable that we could not prevent the incident," Hiroyuki Sakuragi, president of the university in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, said at a press conference held Monday to ann...

Tokyo, Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese health ministry plans to support medical institutions that introduce cloud-based electronic medical record systems, which manage medical records and other information online using external servers. The ministry will establish a program in the ongoing fiscal year ending next March to certify cloud-based systems with strong cybersecurity measures, and ...