Cyber security alarm in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Takaiçi Sanae announced that security measures in the country will be strengthened following the recent cyber attacks targeting personal data.

According to Jiji Agency, Takaichi had a meeting with Masaaki Taira, Head of the National Cyber ​​Security Strategy Headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

During the meeting, Taira presented the proposal to Prime Minister Takaiçi to establish a new center to combat cyber attacks.

Stating that the government will increase security measures in various ministries and public institutions due to some recent cyber attacks targeting personal data, Takaiçi emphasized that the current situation is "urgent".

Takaiçi pointed out that cyber threats are increasingly becoming more comprehensive and complex.

According to Kyodo Agency, Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Akazawa Ryosei announced that a new expert team will be formed to increase the level of preparedness against cyber threats and identify security vulnerabilities in systems.

The team, which is planned to be operational next month, will carry out controlled cyber attacks to detect security vulnerabilities.

On the other hand, additional security measures began to be implemented worldwide against two critical security vulnerabilities identified in the PHP programming language, which is widely used in websites and corporate applications.

In Japan, the activities of the websites of some ministries and public institutions were partially suspended after the security vulnerabilities in question were detected.

On October 21, Prime Minister Takaiçi called for websites using the PHP programming language to make the necessary updates to eliminate the detected security vulnerabilities.