Japanese Online Service Company GMO Apologizes for Security Breaches and Promises Compensation
GMO said it will compensate victims and offer a 5,000 yen goodwill payment to all users after more than 26,000 cases of unauthorized access.
- On Monday, GMO Internet Group CEO Masatoshi Kumagai held a news conference in Tokyo to address unauthorized access incidents affecting the Onamae.com Desktop Cloud service, which provides servers for automated foreign exchange margin trading.
- GMO acknowledged that attackers deployed ransomware by exploiting systemic weaknesses the company failed to address despite internal warnings issued in April 2024.
- The company confirmed more than 26,000 cases of unauthorized access, with one victim losing 4.3 million yen after roughly 50 trades were executed in roughly 3 minutes.
- Group CEO Kumagai Masatoshi apologized for the security breaches, announcing a 30% pay cut for three months and promising to pay 5,000 yen to all affected customers.
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi promised to beef up Japan's cybersecurity measures, while GMO is offering $1 million for information leading to the arrest of the attackers, having already received more than 400 submissions.
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Independent EspañolTOKIO (AP) — Japan’s online service company GMO Internet Group apologized on Monday for recent security breaches stemming from cyber attacks, while promising to prevent repeat and compensate victims.
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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese online service company GMO Internet Group apologized Monday for recent security breaches from cyberattacks, while promising to prevent a recurrence and compensate victims. Chief Executive Masatoshi Kumagai and other GMO executives bowed deeply
Japanese online service company GMO apologizes for security breaches and promises compensation – WTOP News
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese online service company GMO Internet Group apologized Monday for recent security breaches from cyberattacks, while promising to prevent a recurrence and compensate victims. Chief Executive Masatoshi Kumagai and other GMO executives bowed deeply repeatedly, as is the custom here, at a news conference in Tokyo. GMO confirmed that unauthorized access to...
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Japanese online service company GMO apologizes for security breaches and promises compensation
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese online service company GMO Internet Group apologized Monday for recent security breaches from cyberattacks, while promising to prevent a recurrence and compensate victims.
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