Cyber attacks

More data breaches reported by prefectural police forces, companies

Japan Today21 October 2026, 21:54 UTCJapan

The personal information of officers and other employees at 22 prefectural police forces in Japan may have leaked following a recent data breach at disaster information services firm…

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