Japan's ruling party says the country is in a cyber emergency.
Japan's ruling party held an emergency cybersecurity meeting on 9 October, the Financial Times reported. More than 20 major companies disclosed attacks in recent weeks that may have exposed tens of millions of customer records. Experts told the paper that AI now makes sophisticated attacks cheap, and ministries will send out security instructions.
Why it mattersStolen ID photos can be used to open accounts in your name. Japan's regulator now wants lenders to accept only identity documents with a chip.
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