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Japan’s Growing Cyber Threats


Topic Overview:

    In 2024, the government in Japan has seriously taken the cyber issues and established the Active Cyber Defense Law. The government would monitor online activity, and if the attacks are shown, they handle the political defense. Cyberattacks have frequently occurred in large companies such as Asahi and Askul Corporation. A Russian hacker group called Qilin has been sharing the ways or giving the programs on how to cyber attack to others. Thus, a major issue is that many people could access it and people could hack more often. Furthermore, hacking is becoming worse; double, triple, or quadruple extortion means encrypting the data so the company can’t use it, threatening to leak the data, and adding pressure. Moreover, even if the company pays for the ransom, there is no guarantee that the data would be restored like before, and crimes would happen more often, so experts advise not to pay the ransom.

My personal view:

    In my personal view, cyber attacks were not taken as seriously in Japan compared to other countries. One of the reasons why is because IT or engineering isn’t a major field in Japan, while in the States, engineering is one of the highest-salary and high-position fields. This difference might be leading hackers to attack Japan as well. By showing or proving that Japan has advanced IT programs or online security, it would be preventable or help the number of crimes decrease.

Why I decided to focus on this issue:

   I wanted to tell how cyber bullying or cyber attacks should be taken more seriously and be acknowledged by people who take this crime lightly. Through reading this blog, I hope people will pay more attention to the crime and make sure to avoid it, or if you become one of the victims, raise your voice to build more protection.


Firms at risk as Japan struggles to keep up with cybercrime amid rise of ransomware. (2025, November 3). The Mainichi. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251031/p2a/00m/0bu/020000c


Morrison, S. (2025, October 31). 15 types of cyber attack | Human Focus. Human Focus. https://humanfocus.co.uk/blog/15-types-of-cyber-attack/


Which engineering has the highest salary in the world - CIT - Cambridge Institute of Technology | Cambrian. (n.d.). CIT - Cambridge Institute of Technology | Cambrian. https://engg.cambridge.edu.in/blogs/which-engineering-has-the-highest-salary-in-the-world/#:~:text=Engineers%20who%20work%20in%20countries,engineers%20with%20advanced%20skills%20more.






Comments

  1. jodias3 December 2025 at 07:06

    Have you ever been the victim of cyber crime such as a threat to reveal private information? That happened to me once several years ago and I reported it to the university's computer center. They told me just to relax and ignore it. Fortunately, that turned out to be the correct approach as nothing came of it. I was threatened with the release of videos that the cyber criminal said had been taken by my commandeered Webcam unless I paid a large amount of bitcoin. As "proof" that they were serious, they (correctly) told me what one of my passwords was. It freaked me out a bit. Later I realized that the password of mine that they possessed was part of a data leak. Ignoring the threat was the right thing to do... in that case, at least.

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  2. jodias17 December 2025 at 21:03

    Yuko’s comment: I felt that this blog entry shows how Japan is still catching up in terms of online awareness. Reading it made me realize that although I’ve never experienced cyberbullying myself, the country’s attitude toward digital risks is definitely more relaxed than in many other places. The examples you mentioned reminded me of cases on 2ちゃんねる where anonymous posters were identified almost immediately, or the sushi‑restaurant incident where a customer’s personal information spread across the internet in seconds. These moments reveal how quickly things can escalate here and how unprepared many people still are. Your blog also made me wonder which generation is actually struggling the most with these issues. Is it young people who grew up online, adults who use the internet without much caution, or older generations who may not fully understand the consequences? Each group seems to face a different kind of vulnerability, and I want to know how you think on which age group carries the biggest risk and what steps you believe could genuinely move Japan toward a safer digital environment.

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