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Japanese car-sharing and rental service run by Times Mobility, with vehicles booked online and collected from stations across Japan.
Japan's government told ministries, local authorities and companies to patch known flaws and tighten supplier security after 20-plus firms disclosed attacks. For operators the practical items are supplier maps, contractor logins and how long ID images are kept.
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More than 20 major Japanese companies have disclosed cyberattacks in recent weeks, the Financial Times reported. Tokyo's instructions to ministries and companies are basic. The recent cases put operators' exposure in their vendors and their ID handling.
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Japan's FSA on 9 October called on banks to speed up chip-based IDs for new accounts, after over 20 major companies reported cyber incidents. The agency's examples are passports and MyNumber cards, so new-account identity checks are where the breach response reaches banks.
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Japan's FSA asked banks and crypto exchanges to swap photographed-ID checks for IC-chip reading now, ahead of an April 1, 2027 deadline. The request follows a Times Car breach of about 1.6 million license images, Cryptopolitan reported, and leaves each firm to decide whether to pay for the switch this year or wait for the law.
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Keio Corporation shut down its network after a September 26 ransomware attack that disrupted Keio Group companies, including the Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo. Trains are running normally while Keio checks whether customer and business data left its network.
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Times Car says an intruder took names, addresses, birth dates and driver's license images in a breach affecting 6.6 million member accounts. Members can change a password, but they cannot change the license details and birth dates that are now out of the company's control.
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