Society
Hackers Brand Japan One of the World's Worst for Cybersecurity
The ransomware group Qilin, blamed for the 2025 Asahi cyberattack, called Japan one of the world's worst countries for computer security after one of its alleged members was arrested in Osaka. The remark landed amid a run of domestic data leaks. Most Japanese netizens accepted it with self-criticism about corporate cost-cutting, while others mocked the government's digitization push or dismissed the jab as attacker bluster.