Japan's GMO Internet offers compensation after cyberattack
( October 24, 2026, 06:30 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: GMO Internet Group, a Japanese internet infrastructure company, said Saturday that its subsidiary GMO Internet will pay 5,000 yen ($32) to all current customers of its Onamae.com Desktop Cloud service and compensate confirmed losses from unauthorized transactions in customers' trading accounts following a cyberattack that exposed customer information. The publicly listed company said a suspected attacker had demanded money and threatened to continue unauthorized trading involving customer accounts at more than 70 securities and foreign-exchange companies, disclose customer information and launch ransomware attacks, prompting the subsidiary to reject the demand and urge the Japanese government to take active cyberdefense measures.Statement is attached....
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