A member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was likely involved in massive cyberattacks on Japanese entities, the Security Bureau of the National Police Agency revealed this month. The Chinese national is believed to have acted at the direction of Unit 61419 of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), which specializes in cyberattacks.    From 2016 to 2017 the Japan Aerospace….Read more

Tokyo, April 24 (Jiji Press)–A U.S. unit of major Japanese optical equipment maker Hoya Corp. <7741> has been hit by a cyberattack, and confidential information may have been leaked, it was learned Saturday.   The affected subsidiary is Texas-based Hoya Vision Care USA, which makes eyeglass lens and other products. A Hoya official said that the company has asked experts….Read more

A file-sharing server used by the Cabinet Office and Cabinet Secretariat officials was illegally accessed and the personal information of hundreds of people may have been stolen, the Cabinet Office revealed on April 22.   The top government offices use the server to share files with outside organizations. The files involved in the data breach were determined to have contained….Read more

On April 22, the Cabinet Office announced that it had confirmed unauthorized access to its cloud storage system used by its staff members to store and manage photographs and documents. It also said that the personal data of 231 citizens, including their names and contact addresses, might have been leaked. There apparently have been no reports that the information has….Read more

Tokyo, April 22 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is considering measures to prevent technical information from being leaked by Japanese researchers to “countries of concern,” such as China, which has been stepping up efforts to recruit foreign researchers, it has been learned.   The government revealed the plan at a meeting on Wednesday of conservative lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic….Read more

Tokyo, April 22 (Jiji Press)–The wife of a suspected Chinese military member has asked a former Chinese student in Japan to cooperate in a scheme that led to cyberattacks targeting some 200 organizations in the country, according to investigative sources.   The Metropolitan Police Department’s Public Security Bureau believes that the woman is the wife of a member of the….Read more

Following a data management incident in March, Line Corp. announced it would move sensitive user information from data centers in South Korea to Japan to ease concerns, especially from those in the public sector.

After news came to light last month that Line Corp. had allowed a Chinese software company to access users’ personal information despite Beijing’s tighter data control regulations, the firm was roundly criticized over its handling of personal information and has taken to revising its data-handling policy.

A member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was likely involved in massive cyberattacks on Japanese entities, the Security Bureau of the National Police Agency revealed this month. The Chinese national is believed to have acted at the direction of Unit 61419 of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), which specializes in cyberattacks.    From 2016 to 2017 the Japan Aerospace….Read more

About 200 research institutions, companies and universities related to defense and space have been hit by cyber-attacks. The Chinese military is strongly suspected of having been involved in these attacks. The Japanese government must expedite efforts to uncover the whole picture of the attacks to take countermeasures.   These cyber-attacks targeted entities such as the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Mitsubishi….Read more