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ANA Group's overseas shopping service has been down 12 days, with no word on what leaked
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OCS FAMILY LINK SERVICE, the ANA Group's online shop for Japanese residents overseas, has been offline since 23 July after a cyberattack. As of 5 August the site does not respond, and neither the affected data fields nor the number of people involved has been published. Customers who depended on it for Japanese food and household goods have been without it for twelve days.
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News Updated 6 days ago
Two Flaws in Japan's NetKids iMark Network Monitor, and No Fixed Version Exists
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Two vulnerabilities were disclosed in NetKids iMark, a Japanese-made network monitoring tool, on August 5, 2026. Anyone who can log in to the machine can seize SYSTEM privileges. Every build up to and including the current V5.2.5.0 is affected and no fix has shipped. Neither works over the internet, but a monitoring server holds the map of your network. Here are the two workarounds.
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LINE for Android: viewing a profile could run code (CVE-2026-16881)
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A crafted LINE profile could run code with the app's privileges on Android. The vendor rates it 8.7. The fix shipped in 26.7.2 in early summer; how to check yours.
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News Updated 7 days ago
27 WordPress plugin flaws: CVE-2026-15383 hits a Japan-made plugin
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27 WordPress plugin flaws went public Aug 3, 2026. One hits a Japan-made plugin on 9,000 sites: any visitor can plant script that runs in the admin dashboard. It was quietly fixed July 31.
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Cybozu Garoon CVE-2026-57279 affects only 6.17.0 and 6.17.1
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A cross-site scripting flaw in Cybozu Garoon affects just two package-edition releases, 6.17.0 and 6.17.1. Fixed in 6.17.2. Here is how to tell in one check.
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Sharp printer flaw CVE-2026-60011 affects 164 models, 78 get no fix
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A flaw in 164 Sharp multifunction printer models lets stored scans be read without logging in. 78 models are past firmware support and get no fix at all.
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Tegalog flaw lets anyone log in as admin (CVE-2026-64940)
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Tegalog, used on many Japanese personal sites, lets a stranger into the admin screen without logging in. Only version 4.9.0 is safe.
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News Updated 7 days ago
Three flaws across seven ELECOM Wi-Fi routers and access points (CVE-2026-59764)
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Three flaws in seven ELECOM Wi-Fi routers and access points, July 28 2026. Fixed firmware shipped in May and June; the consumer models auto-update by default.
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Ricoh Printers and MFPs Can Be Used as a Stepping Stone Into Your Network (CVE-2026-63226) — Update the Firmware if SSH Is On
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A flaw in Ricoh printers and multifunction machines could let attackers use them as a passageway into a company's internal network. Only devices with the SSH remote-maintenance connection enabled are affected; if ignored, attacks can be relayed to other PCs and servers. Severity is medium, no exploitation has been reported, and updating the firmware fixes it.
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Chiikawa Movie Tickets: Cinema Booking Sites Crash at Once in the Midnight Seat Rush
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At midnight on July 21, as advance reserved-seat sales for the Chiikawa movie opened, cinema booking sites including TOHO Cinemas, AEON Cinema and United Cinemas went down one after another under a traffic surge. Here is what happened, why hit-title launches crash these sites, and what to do if you can't get through.
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Sagawa Express leaks ~70,000 users' data: delivery emails showed other people's names, caused by a config error
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Japanese delivery giant Sagawa Express says up to about 70,000 users' personal data may have leaked through its "Smart Club" service. Delivery notification emails showed another person's name, email address and parcel tracking number. The cause was not a cyberattack but a configuration mistake made during recovery work. Here is what leaked, what did not, and how to avoid the Sagawa-impersonating scam emails that follow.
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Credit cards went down across Japan on July 16: convenience stores and Suica top-ups hit — the cause was an international card network outage
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On the morning of July 16, 2026, credit card payments briefly failed at convenience stores, drugstores, and station ticket machines across Japan, and Mobile Suica and PASMO top-ups were hit too. The cause was a failure in the international payment network linking card companies; it recovered by midday. Cash and already-charged balances still worked. Here is what happened, in order.
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