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Japanese Government Will Hack Citizens’ IoT Devices

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backdoors, botnets, exploits, firmware, hacking, internetofthings, japan, passwords, Security technology, vulnerabilities

The Japanese government is going to run penetration tests against all the IoT devices in their country, in an effort to (1) figure out what’s insecure, and (2) help consumers secure them: The survey is scheduled to kick off next month, when authorities plan to test the password security of over 200 million IoT devices, … Read More “Japanese Government Will Hack Citizens’ IoT Devices” »

Japan’s Directorate for Signals Intelligence

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edwardsnowden, espionage, intelligence, japan, nsa, Security technology

The Intercept has a long article on Japan’s equivalent of the NSA: the Directorate for Signals Intelligence. Interesting, but nothing really surprising. The directorate has a history that dates back to the 1950s; its role is to eavesdrop on communications. But its operations remain so highly classified that the Japanese government has disclosed little about … Read More “Japan’s Directorate for Signals Intelligence” »