National / Crime & Legal Mar 15, 2019
An 18-year-old boy was referred to prosecutors Thursday for allegedly stealing about ¥15 million ($134,300) worth of cryptocurrency last year by hacking a digital currency storage website, police said. The case is the first in Japan in which criminal charges have been pursued against a ...
Business Mar 15, 2019
China's military benefiting from Google's work in the country, says U.S. general
The top U.S. general said on Thursday that the Chinese military was benefiting from the work Alphabet Inc.'s Google was doing in China, where the technology giant has long sought to have a bigger presence. "The work that Google is doing in China is indirectly ...
Business / Tech Mar 14, 2019
Facebook considers paying back advertisers as system outages persist around globe
Facebook is undergoing one of its most widespread and persistent system outages, with users across the globe unable to access its social network and services from Instagram to Messenger for much of Wednesday. From about noon New York time, users encountered only partially loaded pages ...
Business / Tech Mar 13, 2019
U.S. House intel panel chief Adam Schiff has 'profound concern' over Huawei role in U.S. 5G networks
House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff said he has "profound concern" about Chinese networking giant Huawei Technologies Co. and the security and privacy threats that integrating its equipment across 5G mobile networks would incur. Schiff said Tuesday he believes the company would be unable to refuse ...
National Jan 14, 2019
Cybersecurity experts say the type of virus detected and servers involved in the cyberattack on Keidanren were identical to those used in past cases attributed to APT10.
National Dec 21, 2018
Japan slams alleged China-based hackers after cyberattacks on government, firms and colleges
Japan on Friday criticized an alleged China-based hacking group over cyberattacks targeting its government, companies and academic institutions and urged Beijing to take "responsible" actions. Takeshi Osuga, the Japanese Foreign Ministry's press secretary, said in a statement, "All the (Group of 20) members, including China, ...
National Nov 21, 2018
Cybersecurity and threats from space targeted in Japan's draft of new defense guidelines
The government on Tuesday called for quickly beefing up defenses against cyberattacks and threats from outer space as it unveiled a draft outline of the national defense buildup guidelines, to be updated next month. The government said in the draft that the security situation surrounding ...
National / Politics Nov 15, 2018
'I don't use computers,' Japan's minister in charge of cybersecurity tells Diet
The minister in charge of cybersecurity said he doesn't use computers. Yoshitaka Sakurada, who just last week was criticized for stumbling over basic questions during Diet deliberations, found himself once again in hot water Wednesday after making it known that he doesn't use them even ...
Business Oct 25, 2018
Cathay Pacific reveals data breach affecting 9.4 million passengers
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. said Wednesday that data for about 9.4 million passengers of Cathay and its unit Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd. had been accessed without authorization. Cathay said 860,000 passport numbers, about 245,000 Hong Kong identity card numbers, 403 expired credit card numbers ...
Business / Financial Markets Sep 25, 2018
Cryptocurrency firm Tech Bureau Corp. has failed to provide adequate details on how thieves hacked into its exchange to steal ¥7 billion ($62 million), or explained its delay in reporting the hack, the country's financial regulator said on Tuesday. The Financial Services Agency issued a ...
National / Politics Aug 29, 2018
by Reiji Yoshida
A panel of experts advising the prime minister started discussions Wednesday on the revision of the National Defense Program Guidelines, a policy document that outlines the nation's defense objectives for the next decade, with the aim of addressing the new realities that permeate the ...