Warning Issued After Wave of Cyberattacks on Japanese Organizations
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A group in Japan has given a warning. Many companies and groups in Japan had cyberattacks recently. People broke into computer systems without permission. This is called unauthorized access.
News reports say attackers may be using AI to help them. AI is computer technology that can think and work fast. One report says attackers hit a system 1,200 times in about 40 minutes. That is very fast.
Another report says 80 million pieces of information leaked in three weeks. This is called a data leak. A data leak means private information gets out by accident or by attack.
Experts talk about a 'self-check'. This means a company checks its own computer systems for weak points. Doing this might stop some attacks before they happen.
The warning asks organizations to be careful. It says they should check their systems now. Cyberattacks are a growing problem in Japan.
Vocabulary15 words
- cyberattack
- an attack on a computer system
- unauthorized access
- getting into a system without permission
- AI
- computer technology that can act smart
- data leak
- private information getting out by mistake or attack
- self-check
- looking at your own system to find problems
- warning
- a message that tells people about danger
- organization
- a company or group
- attacker
- a person who attacks something
- system
- a set of computers working together
- information
- facts or data about something
- private
- not meant for everyone to see
- expert
- a person who knows a lot about something
- domestic
- inside one's own country
- recently
- not long ago
- report
- a piece of news or information
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1. Many cyberattacks on organizations 2. AI 3. True
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A group in Japan has given a _____. Many companies and groups in Japan had _____ recently. People broke into computer systems without permission. This is called unauthorized _____.
News reports say attackers may be using _____ to help them. One report says attackers hit a system 1,200 times in about 40 _____.
Another report says 80 million pieces of _____ leaked in three weeks. This is called a data _____.
Experts talk about a '_____'. This means a company checks its own computer systems for weak points.
The warning asks _____ to be careful. Cyberattacks are a growing _____ in Japan.
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