Japan is facing a cyber attack on a record scale.
In October 2026, more than 475 million cyber attacks were recorded in Japan on company and government agency servers, as well as websites. This is 2.5 times more than in the same period last year, and an absolute record. According to the research company Cloud Cyber Security, in just one month the number of attacks increased by 21 million compared to September.
One of the possible reasons for the sharp growth is the use of automated systems based on artificial intelligence. The scale of the problem has already caught the attention of the government, with a special meeting on cyber security held last week.
The consequences of the hacks affected large Japanese companies. Capcom reported a possible data leak of 11.7 million users, Sagawa Express warned of the risk of compromising the information of 53.2 million customers. In addition, in October, the leaks affected Sky card users - about 14 million people, and Burger King - almost 11.2 million.