Russian-speaking ransomware gang Qilin claims responsibility for attacking Japan-based Asahi and stealing ~27GB of data, including financial docs and contracts
A cohort of Russian-speaking hackers known as Qilin has claimed responsibility for a ransomware attack that hobbled Asahi Group …
Hackers have been using hijacked online brokerage accounts in Japan to drive up penny stocks globally in an illicit $700M trading spree since February 2025
Bloomberg :
Researchers detail Subaru's now-fixed web vulnerabilities that would've let them unlock and start millions of Subarus via Starlink in the US, Canada, and Japan
Now-fixed web bugs allowed hackers to remotely unlock and start millions of Subarus. More disturbingly, they could also access …
The US, Japan, and South Korea issue a joint statement saying North Korean-backed hackers stole $659M+ in crypto heists in 2024 and were behind the $235M WazirX
North Korean-backed hackers stole at least $659 million through multiple cryptocurrency heists in 2024, while also deploying …
Japan says Chinese hacking group MirrorFace is linked to 200+ cyberattacks from 2019 to 2024 targeting the country's national security and advanced tech data
Mari Yamaguchi / Associated Press :
How xenophobic content on Chinese social media, directed towards Japan, the US, Jews, and others, became the subject of a debate and spreads despite censorship
Li Yuan / New York Times : X: @kenroth , @scs_disputes , @scs_disputes , @liyuan6 , @david_mulroney , and @alfonslopeztena LinkedIn: Dr. Nils Seibert , Michael D Pendleton , and Gabriele Iuvinale . F...
How xenophobic content on Chinese social media, directed towards Japan, the US, Jews, and others, became the subject of a debate and spreads despite censorship
Li Yuan / New York Times : X: @kenroth , @liyuan6 , @scs_disputes , @scs_disputes , @david_mulroney , and @alfonslopeztena LinkedIn: Dr. Nils Seibert , Michael D Pendleton , and Gabriele Iuvinale . F...
Author Rie Kudan, this year's winner of Japan's prestigious Akutagawa Prize, reveals that ~5% of her book “quoted verbatim the sentences generated by” ChatGPT
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast :
Author Rie Kudan, winner of Japan's prestigious Akutagawa Prize, reveals that around 5% of her book “quoted verbatim the sentences generated by” ChatGPT
One of the judges praised her winning book as being “flawless.” — At an award ceremony for one of Japan's …
The US and Japan warn that the China-backed BlackTech hacking group is breaching network devices, including Cisco's, to install backdoors on corporate networks
US and Japanese law enforcement and cybersecurity agencies warn of the Chinese ‘BlackTech’ hackers breaching network devices …