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86 storiesMrMax says breach may have leaked data of up to 1,735,154 members
MrMax Holdings said on October 6 that unauthorized access to servers for its MrMax app and online store may have exposed personal information of up to 1,735,154 members. The company said member IDs, names, email addresses and telephone numb…
Daiwa Securities: vendor breach may have exposed data of 110,000 customers
Daiwa Securities said on Oct 5 that a server at outsourcing vendor Scalar Communications was subject to unauthorized access and that about 220,000 records may have leaked, including names, email addresses and securities account numbers for …
Tennessee corrections chief resigns after failed execution of Christa Pike
Tennessee corrections commissioner Frank Strada will resign after the lethal injection of Christa Pike, 50, on September 30 failed to kill her and left her unconscious on a ventilator, Governor Bill Lee announced on October 3. Lee ordered a…
Asahi Kasei drug unit says cyberattack may have leaked data on up to 558,700 people
Asahi Kasei Therapeutics, the pharmaceutical subsidiary of Asahi Kasei, said a website it runs for medical professionals was hit by a cyberattack and that personal information on up to about 558,700 people may have leaked. Sankei Shimbun re…
Nikkei says cyberattack sent about 9,000 spoofed emails to sources
Nikkei said on Oct. 4 that a cyberattack on a staff Microsoft 365 account let a third party send about 9,000 emails impersonating employees, including messages sent on Sept. 30 that led to malicious websites. Recipients' email addresses and…
Okinawa US forces order 48-hour pause and overnight curfew after Marine arrest
The top US commander in Okinawa, Lt. Gen. Watson, issued an emergency statement ordering a 48-hour “training period” for US military-related personnel in the prefecture from noon on 7 October to noon on 9 October, with off-base outings and …
German prosecutors arrest former BND president Hanning on espionage suspicion
German federal prosecutors announced on October 6 the arrest of August Hanning, 80, who led the foreign intelligence service BND from 1998 to 2005, on suspicion of treasonous espionage. Prosecutors allege he obtained about 2,000 documents, …
GMO Research & AI says up to 948,498 infoQ members' data breached; site halted
GMO Research & AI said a vulnerability in its survey site infoQ was exploited and personal data for up to 948,498 members was taken out. Points worth about 2.87 million yen were exchanged without members' consent, which the company said it …
Yokohama after-school club ex-staff held images of 40-50 boys, city says
Yokohama city said a male employee at one of its after-school kids clubs possessed images and videos of 40 to 50 boys taken inside a boys' toilet, and the city apologised at a press conference on 6 October. A child's parent had consulted th…
Hokkaido police send racehorse farm and employee to prosecutors over foal abuse
Hokkaido police sent Hamamoto Bokujo, a racehorse breeding farm in Hidaka, Hokkaido, and a male employee in his 40s to prosecutors on October 5 on suspicion of Animal Welfare Act violations, with an opinion seeking a strict disposition, inv…
Defense argues innocence in ex-prosecutor's 'don't mess with prosecutors' abuse trial
The defense for former Osaka prosecutor Daisuke Tabuchi (54) argued on Oct 6 that his December 2019 interrogation of a suspect did not constitute abuse and that he should be acquitted. Tabuchi is accused of shouting “don’t mess with prosecu…
US Marine arrested over woman’s death in Naha as Okinawa protests
A US Marine Corps Lance Corporal assigned to the Futenma base in Okinawa has been arrested on suspicion of robbery-murder after a woman was found dead at a hotel in Naha on October 3, Nippon TV News reported. About 100 people rallied near t…
Pianist Kyohei Sorita indicted; prosecutors seek 3 months over 144 km/h speeding
Pianist Kyohei Sorita, 32, has been indicted on-home for driving at 144 km/h on the Shuto Expressway in Tokyo on 20 December last year, 84 km/h over the speed limit. A first hearing was held at the Tokyo District Court on 6 October, where p…
Police: bar owner held over girlfriend’s body in Miyagi; staged messages suspected
Police in Tokyo have arrested a 36-year-old bar owner on suspicion of abandoning the body of his 25-year-old girlfriend in mountains in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on 28 September. Investigators believe he used her smartphone to send messa…
Japan police arrest three over forged life insurance for dead housemate in Mie
Mie prefectural police arrested three unemployed people in Tsu City on suspicion of forging a life insurance application in the name of a 58-year-old man they lived with, without his consent. The man was found dead in July; a judicial autop…
Citizen Watch says about 100,000 people’s data may have leaked in breach
Citizen Watch said on Oct. 6 that unauthorized access to a contractor’s server may have leaked about 100,000 people’s personal information. The server handled customer inquiries made through the internet, the company said. The government’s …
Tokyo bar operator arrested over partner's body found in Miyagi mountains
Tokyo police arrested Takuya Miura, 36, on suspicion of abandoning the body of his 25-year-old live-in partner, Maho Muroga, in mountains in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 28. Her body was found on Oct. 4 after her mother told police…
Naha hotel killing: US Marine sent to prosecutors; police cite strangulation
Police in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, said a 39-year-old woman found dead at a hotel died of suffocation after being strangled, and reported that her neck bore cord-like marks. A 20-year-old US Marine lance corporal, Devin Jacob Ballard, arre…
Okinawa police send US Marine to prosecutors over Naha hotel robbery-murder
Okinawa prefectural police arrested US Marine lance corporal Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, of Futenma base, on suspicion of robbing and killing a 39-year-old woman at a hotel in Naha, and sent him to the Naha district prosecutors’ office on Oct …
Tokyo court fines Dewi Sukarno 200,000 yen for assaults on two women
The Tokyo District Court on Oct 6 fined Dewi Sukarno, the 86-year-old television personality known as “Dewi Fujin”, 200,000 yen after convicting her on two assault charges, matching the fine prosecutors had sought. The charges covered throw…