Todai sounds plagiarism alarm with rare cheating report
In a rare move, the University of Tokyo, Komaba, locally known as Todai, has reported that one of its students plagiarized a term report using information from the Internet. It was the first time the prestigious school has openly reported a cheating student. The university ...
NPA receives record 370,000 reports of 'dubious financial deals'
Police received a record 377,513 reports of "dubious financial transactions," such as money laundering, from financial institutions in 2014, the National Police Agency said Thursday. The figure rose 8.1 percent from the previous year and police identified 1,001 criminal cases from the reports, up 4.1 ...
The $71 billion cybersecurity industry is fragmenting along geopolitical lines as firms chase after government contracts, share information with spy agencies, and market themselves as protectors against attacks by other nations. Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab has become a leading authority on American computer espionage ...
Facing a ban from mainstream online social networks Facebook and Twitter, supporters of the Islamic State appear to have launched their own "caliphate book." But 5elafabook.com was offline on Monday just a day after its launch and its Twitter account was suspended, highlighting the challenges ...
The U.S. National Security Agency was sued on Tuesday by Wikimedia and other groups challenging one of its mass surveillance programs that they said violates Americans' privacy and makes individuals worldwide less likely to share sensitive information. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Maryland, ...
U.S. charges three in ring that stole 1 billion email addresses
Two Vietnamese citizens and a Canadian have been charged with running a massive cyberfraud ring that stole 1 billion email addresses, then sent spam offering knockoff software products, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday. The Justice Department described the hacking spree as "one ...
The Central Intelligence Agency will make one of the biggest overhauls in its nearly 70-year history, aimed in part at sharpening its focus on cyberoperations and incorporating digital innovations, Director John Brennan says. Brennan told reporters he is creating new units within the CIA, called ...
Animal abuse videos spark push for stronger laws
Sadistic videos posted online this year showing a man abusing a toy poodle have sparked revulsion among some viewers and calls by activists for changes to the law. The seven videos show an unidentified man beating the dog, kicking it, dropping it on the floor ...
Fish distributor thrives as tablets speed up orders
Hachimenroppi Inc., a Tokyo-based venture, is growing rapidly thanks to its tablet computer-based platform for distributing fresh fish. The company provides tablets to restaurants free of charge, allowing them to order fish based on their prospects for arrival at Tokyo's Tsukiji market, the nation's largest, ...
Beijing drops U.S. tech brands from state procurement list
China has dropped some of the world's leading technology brands from its approved state purchase lists, while approving thousands more locally made products, in what some say is a response to revelations of widespread Western cybersurveillance. Others put the shift down to a protectionist impulse ...
Kagawa Prefectural Police sent a report to prosecutors Tuesday on a 23-year-old man who allegedly begged for money online, police said. The police said the unemployed man from Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, whose name was not disclosed, posted a live message on a website using a ...
Police delete online images of ¥10 million fraud suspect after he turns out to be a minor
A suspect in a ¥10 million fraud case is only 18 years old, it was learned on Wednesday. Chiba Prefectural Police earlier posted images of the teen on its website and on Twitter, media reports said, but officers deleted the images after they arrested the ...
