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Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 2, 2015
Japan Pension Service hack used classic attack method
The massive leak last month of personal data from the Japan Pension Service was the result of a simple error by its employees: opening a virus-laced email attachment disguised as a health ministry document.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2015
Abe team moves to limit political damage from pension hack
Hoping to minimize the political damage from the latest pension system scandal, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga admonishes the Japan Pension Service and announces that a team will be set up to probe the massive theft of pension data.
JAPAN / Society
Jun 2, 2015
Pension system hack sparks worries over My Number initiative
The revelation that the nation's pension system has been hacked on an unprecedented scale may affect ongoing Diet deliberations on a bill to assign citizens individual numbers to improve social security management.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 1, 2015
1.25 million affected by Japan Pension Service hack
The nation's pension system has been hacked, with more than a million cases of personal data leaked in an embarrassment that revives memories of a scandal that helped topple Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in his first term in office.
WORLD
Apr 8, 2015
Classified info said not compromised in Russian hacking of White House data: CNN
Russian hackers were behind an intrusion in recent months into a nonclassified White House computer network, CNN reported.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 7, 2015
Weak job data ease rate hike jitters, lift Wall Street
U.S. stocks rose on Monday as expectations the Federal Reserve will push any interest rate increases further into the year offset concerns over Friday's surprisingly weak jobs report.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 18, 2015
Benesse finds new customer info data leak
Benesse Holdings Inc. has learned of a new customer data leak at an education service unit, after the company was the target of Japan's largest-ever data theft scandal last year.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Feb 20, 2015
Apps for tourists and kids, plus Sony's most expensive Walkman yet
Mapple goes for coupons
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2015
Ministry to draft guidelines for Internet providers on storing access data
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is to formulate new guidelines for Internet providers to store communication data in the face of a rise in cybercrime, with experts to begin discussions on Thursday and report in March.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2014
South Korea prosecutors investigate data leak at nuclear power plants
Seoul prosecutors have launched an investigation into a leak of noncritical data at South Korea's nuclear power operator, the prosecutors' office said on Sunday, as worries mount about nuclear safety and potential cyberattacks from North Korea.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 17, 2014
Former Sony employees sue studio over 'nightmare' data breach
The massive hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. computers has spurred two lawsuits by former employees accusing the company of failing to protect the personal information of thousands of workers.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 6, 2014
Wall St. up after midterm polls, ADP data; Dow hits record
U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, with the Dow advancing to a record after the Republican Party took control of the Senate in the midterm elections, as expected, and following a stronger-than-anticipated report on the labor market.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 14, 2014
Benesse suspect admits copying data but says he didn't know it was wrong
A systems engineer admits to copying information about millions of customers from education service provider Benesse Corp., but he tells the court he didn't know the data was confidential.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 14, 2014
Ex-systems engineer arrested over doctors' data leak
Police on Tuesday arrested a former employee of a Tokyo medical recruitment agency on suspicion of illegally copying the personal data of around 17,000 doctors and nurses.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2014
Benesse leak prompts reforms in data reselling industry
The massive leak of personal data from education services provider Benesse Corp. has prompted data aggregators to tighten the way they work and has spurred the government to consider ways to prevent such breaches in the future.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / SEEN AT CEATEC
Oct 8, 2014
Looking for something special? Gaze-tracking tech knows the answer
When you go shopping, your eyes naturally scan the products on shop shelves and racks and eventually pause or return to an object of desire.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2014
Benesse to revamp data security after massive data leak
The Benesse group on Wednesday outlined its new data security setup, which the company says will bolster customer information protection after it was embroiled in Japan's biggest-ever data theft.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2014
Governor draws flak for naming principals of schools with high-scoring students
Shizuoka Gov. Heita Kawakatsu releases the names of 262 public elementary school principals whose students scored above average in Japanese in this year's national achievement test.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2014
App showed location, other flight data for 'Japanese Air Force One'
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JAPAN
Aug 27, 2014
Agency plans big data survey to gauge foreign tourists' needs
The Japan Tourism Agency plans to use big data to conduct a survey on foreign tourists' behavior so that local governments and tourism industries can develop tours and events that meet their needs, NHK reported Wednesday.

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