The US branch of a Japanese bank has been tricked into transferring HK$310 million (US$40 million) into five Hong Kong bank accounts – one of the city’s biggest email scams of the year. The post #romancescams | HK$310 million Japanese... Read more »
Coincheck, a Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange, has suffered what appears to be the biggest hack in the history of cryptocurrencies, losing $532 million in digital assets (nearly $420 million in NEM tokens and $112 in Ripples). In 2014, Mt Gox, one... Read more »
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Slightly over half of Japanese financial institutions have been exposed to cyberattack since 2015, according to a survey by the Bank of Japan (BOJ). The central bank said on Monday (Oct... Read more »
Japanese authorities have arrested a 14-year-old boy in Osaka, a prefecture and large port city, for allegedly creating and distributing a ransomware malware. This is the first such arrest in Japan which involves a Ransomware-related crime. Ransomware is a piece... Read more »
In an era where major data hacks are on the rise, it is no surprise breaches on individuals are also up. In just three hours, over 100 criminals managed to steal ¥1.4 Billion (approx. US$12.7 Million) from around 1,400 ATMs... Read more »
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans $12.7 million stolen from 1,400 convenience store ATMs across Japan in just two hours Japanese police are working on a rather intriguing case in which hackers managed to steal 1.4 billion... Read more »
THE BRIDGE – Apr 7 – The firm has recently conducted a second funding round of an undisclosed amount from Mercari CEO Shintaro Yamada, East Ventures, 500 Startups, iSGS Investment Works, and DeNA. Read More…. The post EastMeetEast Gets Funds... Read more »
When it comes to the Japanese way of the sword, it’s fair to say there’s more to it than meets the eye. Obviously, external movements play a major role in drawing a blade and effecting a cut, but the internal... Read more »
Remember Mt.Gox? Once the world’s largest Bitcoin exchange… …then in early 2014, Tokyo-based Mt.Gox Bitcoin exchange filed for bankruptcy saying it lost some 8,50,000 Bitcoins (worth $64 Million) to hackers and suddenly went dark with no explanation. Last Friday, Mark Karpeles,... Read more »
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans TAMPA — Target. Home Depot. Sony Pictures. The now infamous computer hacks infuriated consumers who had personal information compromised and Hollywood honchos who had embarrassing emails made public. But headline-grabbing computer... Read more »
