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Top Japanese dating app Omiai hacked; 1.71 million users at risk
Hackread.com can confirm that threat actors on several hacker forums are already hunting for stolen Omiai database.
May 24, 2021
Getting a VPN in Japan
Virtual private networks (VPN) are very popular in Japan however....
January 10, 2020
Hackers steal sensitive data from Japanese search engine for sex hotels
A Japanese search engine designed primarily for the purpose of helping people find Love Hotels and book rooms suffered a data breach.
January 7, 2020
Hackers steal $60 million from Japan’s Zaif cryptocurrency exchange
Zaif is the 35th largest cryptocurrency exchange by turnover. Hackers have stolen a whopping $60 million (6.7 billion yen) worth…
September 22, 2018
Japanese police to charge scammers with crypto mining without consent
The investigators believe that the case involving crypto mining is a violation of the law banning the use…
June 13, 2018
Data of millions of Japanese sold on underground hacking forums
A cybercriminal operating from outside China was found to be selling data of nearly 200 million Japanese users…
May 24, 2018
Japanese boy arrested for developing cryptocurrency stealing malware
A teenager has been arrested for creating a cryptocurrency stealing malware used in stealing MonaCoin, world’s first Japanese cryptocurrency. Just days after…
February 2, 2018
13-year-old Japanese Kid Caught Selling Malware
It is no surprise that malware attacks are increasing and cyber criminals are becoming sophisticated in their campaigns…
September 6, 2017
14-year-old Japanese Student Caught for Creating Ransomware
The cyber criminal community is quite active is developing nasty ransomware to infect unsuspecting users and demand a…
June 6, 2017
This Ransomware tells users to play a popular Japanese game – That’s all
You might have heard countless tales of hackers using malicious ransomware forcing users to pay huge amounts of…
April 10, 2017