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Google noted that the backdoor established by Videostrong appears to have been “intentionally developed, deployed, and operated for financial gain.”
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 5, 2026
Google and NPA disable Chinese company’s backdoor into internet-connected devices
Over 1.3 million devices were affected by the backdoor and botnet.
The Kanagawa police are suspected of using information obtained from old driver's licenses illegally, to make investigation files.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 22, 2026
NPA suspects police in Kanagawa used old drivers’ licenses illegally
The national police agency has instructed Kanagawa police to confirm the facts in full detail, and has set up a team to conduct a probe nationwide.
New Mexico has accused Meta of lying to Facebook users in the state about who had access to their data and its handling of hate speech and misinformation posted on the platform.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2026
Meta ordered to pay $25 billion penalty to New Mexico in data privacy case
The ruling came in a case stemming from allegations that Cambridge Analytica obtained data from millions of Facebook users without their consent.
Yamato Transport said that 5.31 million sets of personal information were compromised in a breach that the logistics firm had first announced on Sept. 29.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 17, 2026
Cyberattacks continue to menace Japan as more firms disclose data breaches
More firms have disclosed details of data breaches that could affect millions of customers.
An unauthorized access attack — in which a third party gains entry into a network or system without permission — begins with the initial intrusion and can take place over the course of a few hours or even several years, according to experts.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / ANALYSIS
Oct 14, 2026
What happens to your information after a data breach
Often simultaneously, hackers start putting the data they have stolen to use while companies investigate the breach.
Students take part in a government intelligence job experience event organized by the Public Security Intelligence Agency in Tokyo last month. Faces have been obscured for privacy.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2026
Government intelligence job experience event receives overwhelming interest
The Public Security Intelligence Agency had sought around 15 participants for the Sept. 20 event?but received more than 200 applications.
An OpenAI logo is displayed at a technology summit in San Francisco earlier this month.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 26, 2026
OpenAI’s models accessed public U.S. Census and SEC data
The company’s agentic AI systems interacted with public U.S. Census and SEC data, people familiar with the situation said.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers a speech, as a pair of Ray-Ban smart glasses appear on screen, during the Meta Connect event at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 27, 2023.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 23, 2026
From smart glasses to AI pins, privacy fears challenge tech’s next big bet
The same features that make AI-powered wearables useful risk becoming the barrier to their adoption.
Hisashi Matsumoto, digital transformation minister. The Digital Agency said in a statement that it is deeply sorry for causing problems and anxiety to those concerned.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2026
Digital Agency says personal information possibly leaked
No secondary damage, such as the misuse of the possibly leaked personal information, has been confirmed so far.
Facial recognition payment at a Trial Holdings store
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2026
Facial recognition technology coming into wider use in Japan
Concerns about privacy violations persist, making thorough user information management essential.
An OpenAI tool that could upload Apple customer data to that company’s network is likely to spark questions on privacy.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 21, 2026
ChatGPT can now control iMessage, potentially raising Apple privacy concerns
An OpenAI tool that could upload Apple customer data to that company’s network is likely to spark questions.
A Flock camera is mounted on a pole under a solar panel in Commerce City, Colorado, on Wednesday.
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 9, 2026
Angers mounts in U.S. over vast network of car license plate cams
Flock is used by the police and homeowners’ associations but opponents believe the cameras are a dangerous tool that can infringe on privacy and civil liberties.
The National Police Agency is considering use of a new investigation method that involves remotely analyzing communications via highly confidential apps used by <i>迟辞办耻谤测ū</i> loosely organized anonymous criminal groups.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 6, 2026
今日吃瓜 police to monitor ‘迟辞办耻谤测ū’ use of confidential messaging apps
The method involves remote-controlling smartphones and other devices of high-ranking 迟辞办耻谤测ū members to access communication records and other information.
A surveillance camera is seen near a Chinese flag in Shanghai on Aug. 2, 2022.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 5, 2026
How China keeps tabs on foreigners
A futuristic dashboard — like something from the movie “Minority Report” — that appeared to track foreigners in a city was uncovered by an Amsterdam-based cybersecurity researcher.
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO, in Sun Valley, Idaho, on Friday
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 15, 2026
Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, lawsuit claims
The lawsuit ?says that the company relied on factors such as productivity and AI token usage when it slashed thousands of jobs earlier this year.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi&#039;s administration aims to enact anti-espionage legislation at an early date.
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2026
LDP to propose allowing warrantless communications interception
The initiative will be a major pillar of anti-espionage legislation that the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aims to enact soon.
Japan logged over 19,000 personal data breaches in fiscal 2025, the second-highest annual total on record.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2026
Japan logs over 19,000 personal data breaches in fiscal 2025
It is the second-highest annual total on record, eclipsed only by the previous year’s 21,007 cases.
The logo of social media company Meta. As the tech behemoth spends billions annually to build out its artificial intelligence capabilities, employees at Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are increasingly unhappy with their Mark Zuckerberg-led parent company.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 2, 2026
Fear and anger brew inside Meta amid AI frenzy
After weathering layoffs, some Meta employees were reassigned to an internal artificial intelligence training initiative that has drawn accusations of surveillance.
Aflac Japan reported a data breach on Tuesday that affected over 4 million customers.
BUSINESS
Jun 30, 2026
Aflac Japan reports data breach affecting over 4 million customers
For about 230,000 customers, information about premium payment accounts was also compromised.
Google and Apple are among a group of technology companies that have expressed opposition to a proposed law in Canada allowing police more access to citizens’ data.
BUSINESS / Tech
May 27, 2026
Apple and Google blast Canada’s plan to give police more access to citizen data
The Canadian government is defending the Lawful Access Act, saying it’s designed to ensure police have the legal tools to “prevent, investigate and respond” to modern crime.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo&#039;s Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo&#039;s Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers&#039; summit at the Quai d&#039;Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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