SoftBank chief apologizes as IDC Frontier breach ran just seven minutes
Junichi Miyagawa said the attack exploited a flaw in open-source software the company had never checked, and that stopping services to cut off intruders now takes priority.
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Japan weighs extending cyberdefense surveillance to domestic communications
The government will consider monitoring traffic between parties inside Japan, which the current law leaves untouched, after the prime minister ordered a review of the active cyberdefense law.
Japan unveils emergency cyber measures, pledges bigger police and SDF response units
A cabinet meeting on Nov 6 approved a package to tighten corporate basics and strengthen "proactive cyber defense," after a run of breaches blamed on weak systems and misconfigured websites.
Japan to set up cyberattack 'rescue body' as known flaws go unfixed
The government will announce emergency measures on Nov. 6, including a push to close vulnerabilities firms already knew about and defenses built on high-performance AI.
Japan to create public-private cyber rescue team under emergency package
The government approved a package of emergency cybersecurity measures on Friday, including a unit of specialists to help hacked organizations and a push to define the legal footing for active cyber defense.
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