Increasing Sophistication of Cyberattacks
First written in FY2017-Q1. 16 of 28 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-07-27.
Macnica Holdings moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2022, 3 years before the typical company in this theme (2025).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 6 of 10 companies on the "Worse" side.
6 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- FY2026-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「With regard to security, cyberattacks involving ransomware and supply chains are occurring frequently and causing severe damage, including information leaks and business shutdowns」
The situation involving cyberattacks has continued to become more specific, with frequent ransomware and supply-chain attacks causing severe damage, including information leaks and business shutdowns. - FY2025-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「Cyberattacks such as ransomware are causing severe damage, including information leaks and business shutdowns」
The description of cyberattack risks has become more specific, stating that severe damage involving not only information leaks but also business shutdowns is occurring. - FY2025-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「With regard to security, cyberattacks such as ransomware are causing severe damage, including information leaks and business shutdowns」
The impact of cyberattacks has become more specific, with severe damage including information leaks and business shutdowns. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「With regard to security, incidents have occurred that exploited weaknesses in the supply chains of the company's business partners and others, prompting renewed recognition of cyberattack risks.」
The occurrence of incidents exploiting weaknesses in the supply chains of business partners and others, and renewed recognition of cyberattack risks, continue to be cited. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「With regard to security, multiple incidents have occurred that exploited weaknesses in the supply chains of the company's business partners and others, prompting renewed recognition of cyberattack risks.」
Multiple incidents exploiting supply-chain weaknesses and renewed recognition of cyberattack risks continue to be cited. - FY2024-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「With regard to security, multiple incidents have occurred involving cyberattacks that exploited weaknesses in the supply chains of the company's business partners and others」
The general risk of increasingly sophisticated and continuing cyberattacks is described as having materialized in multiple incidents that exploited weaknesses in the supply chains of business partners and others. - FY2023-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition, multiple instances of large-scale damage from security incidents have been confirmed in Japan, including the removal of confidential information and ransomware impacts on supply chains, heightening companies' risk awareness and sustaining investment in stronger cybersecurity.」
The description has become more specific, citing multiple instances in Japan of large-scale damage, including the removal of confidential information and ransomware impacts on supply chains, in addition to the increasing sophistication and continued occurrence of cyberattacks. - FY2023-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition to economic losses caused by cyberattacks, an increasing number of companies are suffering actual business damage, including delays and interruptions to operations and systems.」
The description has become more specific, indicating that cyberattack risks are not only becoming more sophisticated and continuing, but are also increasingly causing actual damage, including economic losses and delays or interruptions to operations and systems. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Companies are required not only to implement security measures against increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, but also to strengthen information governance and compliance and enhance security in cloud environments in response to the accelerating shift to the cloud」
Increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks continue to be cited as a business-environment risk, alongside demand for measures addressing information governance, compliance and cloud environments. - FY2022-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「Our Security Research Center has actively observed cyberattacks targeting the manufacturing, IT services, media and think tank sectors since the second half of the previous fiscal year」
The description has progressed from the general risk of increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks to the specific situation in which attacks on multiple industries have been actively observed since the second half of the previous fiscal year. It does not state that the company itself has been attacked. - FY2021-Q3Specific risks of attacks on remote-work environmentsAnnual report
「Cyberattacks on endpoint devices used for remote work, among other threats」
The description of cyberattack risks has expanded from a general reference to increasing sophistication to identifying endpoint devices used for remote work as specific targets. No attacks on the company are mentioned. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Responding to advanced cyberattacks and laws and regulations such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)」
Advanced cyberattacks continue to be identified as a business-environment risk. No attacks on the company are mentioned. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「As advanced cyberattacks continue」
Advanced cyberattacks continue to be identified as a business-environment risk. No attacks on the company are mentioned. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「As advanced cyberattacks continue」
Advanced cyberattacks continue to be cited as a business-environment risk. - FY2019WorsenedAnnual report
「Security risks are increasing globally as damage from increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks expands, including large-scale personal data breaches caused by unauthorized access and cryptocurrency theft from cryptocurrency trading markets.」
The description of cyberattack risks has progressed from simply noting their increasing sophistication and continued occurrence to highlighting expanding damage and heightened security risks. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「As advanced cyberattacks continue」
Advanced cyberattacks continue to be cited as a business-environment risk. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「As advanced cyberattacks continue」
Advanced cyberattacks continue to be cited as a business-environment risk. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「As advanced cyberattacks continue」
Advanced cyberattacks continue to be cited as a business-environment risk. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「As advanced cyberattacks continue」
The sophistication and continued occurrence of cyberattacks continue to be cited as business-environment risks. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Amid the continuing threat of increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks」
Advanced cyberattacks continue to be identified as a business-environment risk. No attacks on the company are mentioned. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Amid the continuing threat of increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks」
Advanced cyberattacks continue to be identified as a business-environment risk. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Amid the continuing threat of increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks」
Advanced cyberattacks continue to be cited as a business-environment risk. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Amid increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks」
The increasing sophistication of cyberattacks continues to be identified as a business-environment risk. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Amid increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks」
The increasing sophistication of cyberattacks continues to be identified as a business-environment risk. - FY2017-Q1First statedAnnual report
「Amid increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks」
The increasing sophistication of cyberattacks is cited as an external environmental risk, but no attack on the company is reported.