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National Cybersecurity Office (Japan)

Japanese government body responsible for national cybersecurity policy and cross-agency coordination.

Known aliases

  • National Cybersecurity Office
  • NCO

Current stories

buildOne report1 publisher

Japan tells companies to patch and harden logins after a Times Car leak exposed 6.6 million accounts

Japan's government told ministries, local authorities and companies to patch known flaws and tighten supplier security after 20-plus firms disclosed attacks. For operators the practical items are supplier maps, contractor logins and how long ID images are kept.

Publishers:dev.to

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence50
securityOne report1 publisher

Japan plans government-built threat hunting for power and telecom operators

Japan's government will build and test methods to find attackers already inside power and telecom networks, with costs in fiscal 2027 budget requests. For operators, the job extends past answering alerts to searching for intruders who never set one off.

Reality

Evidence35
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+20
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence40
securityConfirmed5 publishers

Seven national cyber agencies reframe post-quantum migration as an economic risk

The G7 Cyber Security Working Group's June call to action says the quantum threat is off the radar and under-resourced at most organizations, and it hands CISOs the wording to fund a cryptographic inventory this cycle.

Perspective Coverage

5 publishers
Builder
Builder 22%
Operator
Operator 55%
Investor
Investor 23%

Reality

Evidence72
Adoption30
Hype gap+10
Incentives60
Confidence68
investOne report1 publisher

Seven agencies price North Korea's fake-recruiter funnel at $1,530 a wallet

Japan, the US, Australia and Germany put eight months of North Korea's developer-targeting campaign at $10.71 million taken from more than 7,000 wallets. CertiK counted $2.06 billion of North Korea-linked crypto theft in 2025 alone.

Publishers:decrypt.co

Reality

Evidence72
Adoption70
Hype gap+8
Incentives45
Confidence62
investOne report1 publisher

Four governments pin $10.7m of crypto theft on fake recruiter coding tests

A joint advisory ties about $10.71 million of stolen cryptocurrency to more than 30,000 infected devices in over 100 countries. That works out near $357 a machine, and the payroll half of the same operation ran for years.

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption55
Hype gap+12
Incentives55
Confidence57