Tokyo DispatchJapan, in EnglishA 31-year-old Chinese national is accused of using a device that knocked handsets offline across a 500-meter radius and pushed phishing texts to them. Police believe the confirmed losses are only a fraction of the total.
The retailer found unauthorized access on November 6 and says intruders may also have been inside its systems in mid-to-late October, with corporate members among those affected.
Police say the device knocked mobile phones offline within a 500-meter radius, then sent texts luring recipients to a phishing site.
The prefecture says a contractor forgot to renew the address, and a near-copy of the promotional site now appears there.
The National Police Agency is warning that sites posing as prefectural police forces open video calls, display bogus warrants and demand cash, with one scam costing a victim ¥2 million.
