December 22, 2021

Plundered bitcoins recovered by FBI – all 3,879-and-one-sixth of them!

Phew! An audacious crime... that didn't work out.

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October 24, 2019

Robot Hotel says sorry about the buggy bedside bots

Japan's Henn na Hotel says it's "modified" the bots so pervs can't exploit the ability to run unsigned code and spy on future guests.

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October 14, 2019

Stalker found pop star by searching eyes’ reflections on Google Maps

A man confessed to stalking and attacking a young pop star by zooming in on the reflections in her eyes from selfies.

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March 07, 2019

Unclosable browser popup! 13-year-old charged for sharing code

She didn't create it, but she allegedly shared it. That's enough to get in trouble in Japan, with its history of being tough on cybercrime.

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January 29, 2019

Japanese government will try to hack its citizens’ IOT devices

Japan will hack citizens' IoT devices to mop up cyber security before the Olympics. Don't like the notion? Here's how to lock 'em down!

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June 06, 2017

News in brief: spy chief warns on blame; FBI arrests NSA contractor; Japan holds teen on ransomware

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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July 22, 2016

Pokémon GO finally live in Japan after leaked email delays launch

One leaked email, one mass freakout, and suddenly, the launch of Pokémon GO in Japan went on hold.

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September 14, 2015

Founder of collapsed Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox arrested, charged again

Mt. Gox infamously imploded with hundreds of thousands of bitcoins "missing." Finding out what happened is an ongoing exercise...

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March 02, 2015

Old-school landline phones to protect elderly from “it’s me” scammers

The new phones glow red when a call comes in from an unregistered number, to battle the "ore ore" ("it's me, it's me") fraudsters who prey on Japanese elderly.

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