Symbolic imagePrime Minister Sanae Takaichi will hold a cybersecurity meeting as attacks on Japanese companies grow, according to Bloomberg. GMO Internet, which promised on Sunday to compensate customers, saw its chief executive apologize, Politika reports.
Japanese companies have been hit by a series of cyberattacks that have compromised customer accounts and services. Firms such as GMO Internet are responding with compensation, while experts say AI tools are making attacks faster, cheaper and harder to detect.
Prime Minister Takaichi will hold a cybersecurity meeting as attacks grow, according to Bloomberg. Nikkei Asia reports that the cyberattack on internet provider GMO threatens customers' computers, and Politika says GMO's chief executive Masatoshi Kumagai apologized on Sunday.
GMO Internet is compensating customers of its foreign exchange trading service after a cyberattack. Japanese companies are facing a wave of attacks, Reuters and the South China Morning Post report.