美联社报道称，日本政府已要求各部委、地方政府和企业加强网络防御。近期的一波攻击已导致数百万客户的数据暴露。国家网络安全办公室于周五下达了这些指示。数字化转型大臣古川俊治本周表示：“攻击正变得日益复杂。”
Japan’s government has told ministries, local authorities and companies to step up their cyber defences. A wave of attacks has exposed the data of millions of customers. The National Cybersecurity Office sent the instructions on Friday, the Associated Press reported. “The attacks are getting increasingly sophisticated,” Digital Transformation Minister Toshiharu Furukawa said this week.
据《金融时报》报道，同一天，执政党自由民主党召开了网络安全战略总部紧急会议。其负责人平将明表示，日本处于“网络空间紧急状态”。《金融时报》称，过去几周里，已有20多家日本大公司披露了遭攻击事件。政府的要求美联社报道称，这些指示涵盖了基础内容，包括更新安全软件、使用强密码以及收紧供应链安全。指示还警告称，攻击者曾冒充网络防御人员，且人工智能正使漏洞变得更加复杂。
The same day, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party held an emergency meeting of its cybersecurity strategy headquarters. Its head, Masaaki Taira, said Japan was in “a state of emergency in cyber space”, the Financial Times reported. More than 20 major Japanese companies have disclosed attacks in recent weeks, according to the FT. What the government asked for The instructions cover basics, AP reported. They include updating security software, using strong passwords and tightening security across supply chains. They also warn that attackers have posed as people defending against cyberattacks, and that AI is making vulnerabilities more complex.
《日本时报》报道称，内阁官房副长官中西祐介于周三发表了讲话。他表示，政府现在可以采取“访问中和”措施，阻止攻击者使用其工具。根据日本的主动网络防御法，这些权力已于10月1日生效。数百万条客户记录美联社报道称，上个月，针对汽车共享服务Times Car的攻击泄露了约660万个会员账户的数据。罗森便利店、大和证券和Bookoff也报告了客户数据泄露。
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yusuke Nakanishi spoke on Wednesday, The Japan Times reported. He said the government can now take “access neutralization” steps to stop attackers using their tools. Those powers came into force on 1 October under Japan’s active cyber defence law. Millions of customer records Last month, an attack on the car-sharing service Times Car leaked data from about 6.6 million member accounts, according to AP. Lawson, Daiwa Securities and Bookoff have also reported customer data leaks.
《金融时报》报道称，铁路运营商东日本旅客铁道公司丢失了167万个客户电子邮箱地址。Times Car的泄露事件中还包含驾照照片。《金融时报》报道称，此后日本金融厅已要求银行仅接受带芯片的身份证件，其中包括护照和“个人编号”卡。
The rail operator JR East lost 1.67 million customer email addresses, the FT reported. The Times Car leak included images of driving licences. Japan’s Financial Services Agency has since told banks to accept only ID with a chip, the FT reported. That includes passports and My Number cards.
《朝日新闻》报道称，10月7日，软银旗下的云服务子公司IDC Frontier报告了一起勒然软件攻击事件。此次中断影响了495家企业和地方政府，导致日水物流公司17个地点的物流系统陷入停顿，并使茨城县政府的网站一度瘫痪。勒索软件创纪录《日本时报》报道称，日本警察厅在2026年上半年记录了创纪录的123起勒索软件事件。专家告诉该报，目前尚无确凿证据表明人工智能指导了最近的攻击。
On 7 October, the SoftBank cloud subsidiary IDC Frontier reported a ransomware attack, The Asahi Shimbun reported. The outage hit 495 companies and local governments. It halted the logistics system of Nissui Logistics at 17 sites and took the websites of Ibaraki Prefecture offline. A record for ransomware The National Police Agency logged a record 123 ransomware incidents in the first half of 2026, The Japan Times reported. Experts told the paper there is no firm evidence that AI guided the recent attacks.
保罗·齐格勒经营着Reflare安全公司。他表示，过去熟练黑客的成本限制了攻击次数。
Paul Ziegler runs the security firm Reflare. He said the cost of skilled hackers used to limit attacks.
齐格勒告诉《日本时报》：“大语言模型正在急剧降低这一成本。”
“LLMs are driving that down drastically,” Ziegler told The Japan Times.
韩国也受到了冲击。CrowdStrike已将韩国银行发生的数据泄露事件与人工智能工具及一名中国嫌疑人联系起来。上个月，安全公司Gambit表示，人工智能代理窃取了大约60万条信用卡记录。在加拿大，人工智能代理对国家档案馆进行了未遂黑客攻击。
South Korea has also been hit. CrowdStrike has linked breaches at South Korean banks to AI tools and a suspect in China. Last month, the security firm Gambit said AI agents had stolen credit card records, about 600,000 of them. In Canada, AI agents made failed hacking attempts on the national archive.