Cyber attacks have affected one third of Japanese companies or their service providers this year.
A Reuters survey indicates that about a third of Japanese companies have been affected this year by cyber attacks targeting their own networks or the networks of external service providers. The title points to a broad exposure pattern spanning both direct breaches and incidents related to the supply chain.
Operationally, the key signal is that third-party risk is inseparable from the corporate security posture. For defenders and analysts, this shifts the focus from purely perimeter defense to vendor security, cross-partner incident visibility, and ongoing cybersecurity spending.
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