The Zhitong Finance App learned that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced a package of emergency cybersecurity measures on Friday in an attempt to deal with cyber attacks with a more proactive attitude. Earlier, a series of security breaches shocked the Japanese business community.
She said that the package of measures will include the use of artificial intelligence to strengthen basic protective measures and cyber attack response capabilities. Approximately 10 billion yen (63.2 million US dollars) has been set aside for related initiatives, covering more in-depth investigation and analysis of attacks and support for victims.
Sanae Takaichi said at a cabinet meeting held at the Prime Minister's residence on Friday evening to discuss the plan, “At this moment, illegal access and data breaches are still occurring, which may have a major impact on people's lives and the business community.”
“We need to do everything necessary to ensure that the country's capacity to respond to such incidents is enhanced,” she said.
The Japanese government will speed up relevant plans to use artificial intelligence to conduct a comprehensive investigation of critical infrastructure and systems used by government agencies and eliminate security loopholes by March next year. According to the report, the cost of this investigation is estimated to be about one in five years of the 10 billion yen plan.
Cyber attacks and vulnerabilities discovered in the PHP programming language used in some websites have made quick response a top priority for Japanese companies and governments.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party said that the recent wave of cyber attacks posed a serious crisis, which can be called “the eve of a cyber emergency” and poses a threat to Japan's national security.