Japan’s cyberattack surge tests its push to strengthen defences

Experts say the advent of AI agents and open-source hacking tools has made it easier than ever for criminal groups to take advantage of Japan’s outdated infrastructure and overcome the Japanese language barrier. — Pixabay

Japan is facing an intense wave of AI-powered cyberattacks that have laid bare the vulnerability of one of the world’s largest economies to a new breed of hacking.

Dozens of incidents affecting companies from brokerages to delivery firms have made data leaks a regular part of life in the country. On Oct 28, the government said an official website for electricity and gas trading information was breached, days after hackers claimed they published a trove of sensitive customer information from the currency trading platform GMO Internet Group Inc.

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专家表示，人工智能代理和开源黑客工具的出现，使得犯罪团伙比以往任何时候都更容易利用日本陈旧的基础设施，并克服日语语言障碍。—— Pixabay

日本正面临着一波由人工智能驱动的网络攻击浪潮，这暴露了世界最大经济体之一在面对新型黑客攻击时的脆弱性。

从经纪公司到物流公司，数十起数据泄露事件已使数据泄露成为该国日常生活的一部分。10月28日，政府表示，一个官方的电力和天然气交易信息网站遭到入侵。几天前，黑客声称他们泄露了货币交易平台GMO Internet Group Inc.的大量敏感客户信息。

中央外汇交易中心称，日本散户交易员对转基因食品骗局不以为意。

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GMO表示，入侵韩国银行的人工智能工具也曾在日本使用。

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