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Join the Cybersecurity and Incident Response Group on LinkedInJapanese ‘love hotel’ booking platform suffers data breach exposing names, emails and card details of users – SmartCompany
When it comes to protecting user data, there’s personal information and then there’s, ahem, personal information. And, while one would have thought all software startups understand the importance of cyber security by now, that should be especially true of those working in the extramarital sex space. But, alas, Japanese startup HappyHotel, a search engine for […]
Japan’s Uniqlo says hackers access data from 460,000 online accounts
Fast Retailing, the Japanese company behind the Uniqlo retail chain, announced Monday that the data of more than 460,000 customers on its online shopping sites were accessed by hackers from April 23 to May 10. In a statement released on its website, Fast Retailing said: “It was confirmed on May 10, 2019 that an unauthorized […]
‘I don’t use computers,’ Japan’s minister in charge of cybersecurity tells Diet | The Japan Times
The minister in charge of cybersecurity said he doesn’t use computers. Yoshitaka Sakurada, who just last week was criticized for stumbling over basic questions during Diet deliberations, found himself once again in hot water Wednesday after making it known that he doesn’t use them even though he is a deputy head of the government panel […]
Japan’s cryptocurrency industry to set up self-regulatory body- Nikkei Asian Review
Two cryptocurrency industry groups in Japan have agreed to merge in an effort to accelerate the establishment of voluntary regulations and regain public trust in the aftermath of a massive virtual currency heist. The new entity, set to launch April 1, will link the Japan Blockchain Association, which was founded around the country’s top digital currency market […]
Proposed Law Would Fix Japan’s Lax Cybersecurity – Businessweek
In the coming months, Japan’s government is expected to pass a law designed to beef up the country’s surprisingly slack cybersecurity. Only about half of Japanese companies have an IT security policy, according to the National Information Security Center (NISC), a government agency. “The biggest problem, and the biggest ally of cyber attackers aiming at […]