Security concerns flagged within Japanese firm GMO before breach: CEO

Japan Today26 October 2026, 07:55 UTCJapan

GMO Internet Group Inc CEO Masatoshi Kumagai admitted Sunday night that internal engineers had flagged security issues before unauthorized access occurred to a foreign exchange trading service it…

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