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19 noticiasRansomware attack on SoftBank unit's cloud affects 495 firms, municipalities
IDC Frontier, a SoftBank subsidiary, said part of its IDCF Cloud service was hit by unauthorized access that caused an outage from around 03:40 on October 7. The affected area is the East Japan Region 1, served by a data center in Shirakawa…
Nissui logistics unit outage halts shipments at 17 sites; unauthorized access suspected
Nissui said a system failure at its subsidiary Nissui Logistics has stopped inbound and outbound shipments at all 17 of the unit's warehouses. The company believes the cause was unauthorized access by a third party to a data center used by …
HIS says up to 627 customers' passport data may have leaked after Thai unit breach
HIS announced on October 7 that up to 627 customers' passport details may have leaked after unauthorized access to a file server at its Thai subsidiary, H.I.S. TOURS. The company said it detected the access in December 2025 and identified t…
Sompo Japan says about 60,000 customer records may have leaked after vendor breach
Sompo Japan said on October 7 that a subcontractor's server used to handle inquiries for its business-oriented dashcam service “SMILING ROAD” was hit by unauthorized access, and about 60,000 customer records may have leaked. The data may in…
Korea Eximbank draws 283 hacking attempts this year, nearly 8 times 2025 level
Hacking attempts against the state-run Korea Export-Import Bank reached 283 this year through Oct. 5, about 7.9 times the 36 recorded in all of last year, according to data submitted to the National Assembly. The Bank of Korea logged 136 at…
Russia's Interior Ministry says Telegram refuses to cooperate on drug propaganda
Russia's Interior Ministry said Telegram is not responding to its offers of contact in the fight against drug propaganda, with the acting head of its drug-control directorate, Kirill Smurov, saying the messenger is used to draw teenagers in…
Yoido Full Gospel Church says data of 850,000 members may have leaked in cyberattack
Yoido Full Gospel Church, South Korea's largest church, said data on about 850,000 members — names and dates of birth — may have been exposed after a cyberattack on its information system. The church said it was notified by the Korea Intern…
LG Uplus to run mobile 'visiting stores' for island and mountain areas
LG Uplus said it will operate a converted Hyundai Solati vehicle as a "visiting store" to bring telecom consultations and digital education to island, mountain and other areas without fixed outlets. One vehicle each is to be placed in the Y…
South Korea's Lee chairs public report on K-GX green transition strategy
President Lee Jae-myung chaired a public report in Seoul on October 7 presenting the Korean-style Green Grand Transition (K-GX) strategy and the K-GX Signature Project private investment plan. About 80 people attended, including Deputy Prim…
MTS to deliver first ten aeromobile LTE/5G communication complexes to Russian regions
MTS said it will supply its first ten aeromobile communication complexes (AMKS) to key regional branches by the start of 2027, with recipients in the Far East, Siberia, the Urals, the south, the northwest and central Russia. The complexes p…
Consumers sue Starbucks in US over “sugar-free” labels on eight drinks
Consumers have sued Starbucks in a US federal court in western Washington state, saying the chain falsely labels eight beverages as “sugar-free,” according to Japanese wire reports. The plaintiffs say a Venti-size (0.6–0.7 litre) drink from…
Beeline opens 5G roaming in more than 100 countries, expands VoLTE and package rollover
Russian operator Beeline said its 5G roaming is now available in more than 100 countries, covering almost 90% of its roaming customers who have a 5G-capable device. The operator also expanded VoLTE support in countries phasing out 2G and 3G…
Three US consumers sue Starbucks over “Sugar-Free” protein drink labels
Three US consumers filed a proposed class action against Starbucks in Seattle federal court on October 2 over eight protein drinks whose names include “Sugar-Free”, saying a Venti contains 13–21 grams of sugar, mostly lactose from milk. Sta…
China forecast: clear, dry weather in east; heavy rain in Hainan
China's National Meteorological Center forecasts mainly clear and dry weather across most of central and eastern China from October 7 to 9, with afternoon relative humidity below 30% in many places. Hainan is expected to see widespread rain…
Apple TV to add Dolby Atmos to Formula 1 coverage from U.S. Grand Prix
Apple TV will offer its U.S. Formula 1 coverage in Dolby Atmos starting with the U.S. Grand Prix weekend in Austin, Texas, which begins Friday, October 23, Apple and Dolby announced. The Atmos mix covers team radio, commentary, engines, on-…
Secondhand platform Bungaejangter to hold first “Bungae Day” on Oct 9
Bungaejangter, a South Korean secondhand goods platform, said it will hold its first one-day “Bungae Day” shopping event on Oct 9, Hangul Day, with instant discount coupons for purchases made through its safe payment. The company said the c…
NHN Data adds account-protection features to Instagram DM tool SocialBiz
NHN Data said it expanded account-protection features in SocialBiz, its Instagram direct-message automation marketing tool, as user concerns grow over Instagram account and content restrictions. The additions include an hourly DM sending ca…
Cyberattack on Arizona courts stole data of 1.3 million people
A cyberattack on Arizona’s court system copied personal information belonging to 1.3 million people, the Arizona Supreme Court said, and is believed to have begun when a court employee clicked a malicious link in an email. Attackers also to…
Google blocks unauthorized TLS certificates after .gh, .sl and .as registry hijacks
Google said the country-code top-level domains .gh (Ghana), .sl (Sierra Leone) and .as (American Samoa) were hijacked, with attackers tampering with authoritative DNS records to obtain TLS certificates. Chrome blocked the identified unautho…