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Japan covers cybersecurity and information-security developments connected to Japan, including incidents, policy, privacy, advisories, research, and news affecting organizations, public services, and digital systems in the area.

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Also makes components for chips, displays, and hard disks, and has spent four days groping for a fix If ever there was an incident that brings the need for good infosec into sharp focus, this is the one: Japan's Hoya – a maker of eyeglass and contact lenses, plus kit used to make semiconductor manufacturing, flat panel displays, and hard disk drives – has halted some production and sales activity after experiencing an attack on its IT systems.…

More from The Register 5 Apr 2024, 2:45 p.m. Incident Japan

PLUS: Google Cloud ANZ boss departs; Japan revives airliner ambitions; China-linked attackers target Asian entities ASIA IN BRIEF Singapore's Monetary Authority on Monday launched an application, intuitively named "COllaborative Sharing of Money Laundering/TF Information & Cases" (COSMIC for short, obviously) to target money laundering and terrorism financing.…

More from The Register 2 Apr 2024, 1:59 p.m. China Cloud Google Japan Money Laundering Singapore Terrorism