Cyberattack damage continues unabated in Japan, and on the night of the 8th, Lawson and others announced personal data breaches. As 495 municipalities and companies have been affected via IDC Frontier, views were expressed that the volume and speed of attacks are accelerating.
Damage from cyberattacks continues unabated, and a series of major companies disclosed personal data breaches on the night of the 8th. Lawson and Daiichikosho, among others, acknowledged that customer information had been leaked, while attacks on SoftBank subsidiary IDC Frontier affected 495 municipalities and companies.
Those familiar with the matter said that the number of cyberattacks against Japanese companies is increasing worldwide, and that more than 1.5 billion attacks had been observed since October last year. It was also pointed out that the number of attacks has been concentrated on the graph since February this year.
It was suggested that attacks tend to increase around the timing of national events, and that the impact may be particularly significant during periods that overlap with House of Representatives elections. There are also views that the volume and speed of attacks have continued to accelerate since August this year, but it was stated that a direct causal relationship between the use of AI and the attacks cannot be clearly established.