{"slug": "japan-urges-firms-to-boost-cybersecurity-as-ai-driven-cyberattacks-surge", "title": "Japan urges firms to boost cybersecurity as AI-driven cyberattacks surge", "summary": "Japan's government urged companies to treat cybersecurity as a core management issue and report attack damage promptly to the National Cyber Office, following AI-driven cyberattacks and large-scale data breaches. Masaaki Taira, who heads AI policy for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said recent attacks have taken the form of AI-powered saturation attacks and called for technical countermeasures that automatically detect anomalies and block damage before sensitive information leaks. Recent incidents include about 6.6 million pieces of user personal data exposed at Times Car, Japan's largest car-sharing operator, plus data leaks at Daiwa Securities and convenience store chain FamilyMart.", "body_md": "Japan's government has called on companies to strengthen the security of their information technology systems and overhaul their response frameworks, following a string of artificial intelligence-driven cyberattacks and large-scale data breaches.\n\nThe government warned that the repeated unauthorized access incidents and personal data leaks of recent months go beyond simple security failures and represent a management risk that can halt business operations, Kyodo News reported on the 9th.\n\n\"We ask companies to treat cybersecurity as a core management issue, expand related investment, and put in place specialist staff and response units prepared for incidents,\" the government said. \"When damage from a cyberattack occurs, companies should quickly provide relevant information to the National Cyber Office (NCO) or specialized security agencies to prevent further harm and improve response capabilities.\"\n\nThe ruling Liberal Democratic Party also held a meeting of its national cybersecurity strategy headquarters the same day and urged the government to reinforce joint public-private response systems.\n\nMasaaki Taira, who heads AI policy for the party, said recent cyberattacks have taken on the character of so-called saturation attacks, in which AI is used to automatically repeat assaults on a massive scale. \"We need technical countermeasures that can automatically detect anomalies and block the spread of damage after an IT system is breached but before sensitive information is actually leaked outside,\" he said.\n\nJapan has seen a series of cyberattacks and data breaches targeting major companies in recent months. At Times Car, the country's largest car-sharing operator, about 6.6 million pieces of user personal data were exposed to outside parties in a cyberattack, while Daiwa Securities and convenience store chain FamilyMart also reported data leaks.\n\nJapanese security authorities are investigating who was behind the large-scale unauthorized access cases, the specific methods used and any links between the incidents.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/japan-urges-firms-to-boost-cybersecurity-as-ai-driven-cyberattacks-surge", "canonical_source": "https://en.sedaily.com/international/2026/10/09/japan-urges-firms-to-boost-cybersecurity-as-ai-driven", "published_at": "2026-10-09 22:16:39+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-09 22:55:08.960330+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Japan government", "National Cyber Office", "Liberal Democratic Party", "Masaaki Taira", "Times Car", "Daiwa Securities", "FamilyMart", "Kyodo News"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/japan-urges-firms-to-boost-cybersecurity-as-ai-driven-cyberattacks-surge", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/japan-urges-firms-to-boost-cybersecurity-as-ai-driven-cyberattacks-surge.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/japan-urges-firms-to-boost-cybersecurity-as-ai-driven-cyberattacks-surge.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/japan-urges-firms-to-boost-cybersecurity-as-ai-driven-cyberattacks-surge.jsonld"}}