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Ransomware attacks on Japanese companies more than double in 5 years

The number of ransomware incidents until October surpassed the 228 cases recorded in all of 2025, setting a new annual record.

South Korean President’s passport details leaked online, broadcaster reports

The passport information of 168 people including South Korean president Lee Jae Myung was posted.

Japanese government asked telecom firms to block extortion site in GMO data breach

Hackers have threatened to release customers’ information following an unauthorised access to GMO’s foreign exchange trading service.

Japan’s GMO says hacker site with allegedly leaked customer data taken down after cyberattack

The hackers’ ransom demand follows an earlier unauthorised access to GMO’s foreign exchange trading service.

Three South Korean financial firms including Bithumb report data breaches: Report

Crypto exchange Bithumb’s in-house mobile system had been hacked, with two other financial firms also reporting hacking incidents.

Privacy group files complaints against Scale AI over alleged worker surveillance

European digital privacy advocacy group NOYB is asking regulators to fine Scale AI and examine how the platform assigns tasks.

No further compromise to Alliance Medinet’s system, hacker access blocked, says parent company

Parent company Alliance Healthcare Group has appointed KPMG Services as an independent specialist to investigate the breach.

Japan companies compensate users as cyberattacks buffet economy

Japanese companies have come under a wave of cyberattacks in October.

Your own personal AI agent. What could possibly go wrong?

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg with the avatars for its AI agent app Muse. If an AI assistant misunderstands us, it could disclose sensitive information before we realise something has gone wrong, says the writer.

UN warns against technology used to read citizens’ minds

Neurotechnologies are advancing so rapidly that governments’ ability to access and manipulate people’s brains could one day pose a threat to fundamental human rights.

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