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Japan has thousands of entry points vulnerable to ransomware attacks, local expert says

By Jeyup S Kwaak ( November 17, 2025, 02:21 GMT | Insight) -- Despite high-profile ransomware attacks in Japan that paralyzed supply chains of a top brewery and a major office-goods supplier in recent weeks, cyber defenses at the country's businesses remain dangerously porous, according to the recent findings by Japan's Macnica Research Center.Despite high-profile ransomware attacks in Japan that paralyzed supply chains of a top brewery and a major office-goods supplier in recent weeks, cyber defenses at the country's businesses remain dangerously porous, according to the recent findings by Japan's Macnica Research Center....

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