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Japan’s Cyberattack Surge Tests Its Push to Strengthen Defenses

Bloomberg Technology Thursday 29 October 2026, 18:52 UTC By Mark Anderson, Patrick Howell O'Neill and Alastair Gale 1 min read
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Cybersecurity Japan’s Cyberattack Surge Tests Its Push to Strengthen Defenses Japan is facing an intense wave of AI-powered cyberattacks that’s laid bare the vulnerability of one of the world’s largest economies to a new breed of hacking. Dozens of incidents affecting companies from brokerages to delivery firms have made data leaks a regular part of life in the country. On Wednesday, the government said an official website for electricity and gas trading information was breached, days after...

Cybersecurity Japan’s Cyberattack Surge Tests Its Push to Strengthen Defenses Japan is facing an intense wave of AI-powered cyberattacks that’s laid bare the vulnerability of one of the world’s largest economies to a new breed of hacking. Dozens of incidents affecting companies from brokerages to delivery firms have made data leaks a regular part of life in the country. On Wednesday, the government said an official website for electricity and gas trading information was breached, days after hackers claimed they published a trove of sensitive customer information from the currency trading platform GMO Internet Group Inc.
Japan (LOCATION) GMO Internet Group Inc. (ORG)
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