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Anonymous ID: f269d5 April 29, 2019, 10:25 p.m. No.6368186   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>8208 >>8318 >>8525 >>8561 >>8615 >>8629

Japan to develop computer virus to defend against cyberattacks

 

Japan will develop its first-ever computer virus by next March as a defense measure against cyberattacks, sources have said.

 

The Defense Ministry is considering malware that can break into a computer system, hoping such a computer virus could work as a deterrent against cyberattacks, the sources said Monday.

 

The government has said it is looking to enhance its defense capabilities beyond the ground, marine and air domains to address security challenges in new areas such as cyberspace and outer space amid technological advances in recent years.

 

Japan lags behind other countries in addressing the threat of cyberattacks. It plans to increase the number of personnel in its cyberspace unit to 220 from 150, compared with 6,200 in the United States, 7,000 in North Korea and 130,000 in China, according to the ministry.

 

The ministry has been considering specific measures against cyberattacks since it pledged to bolster its cyberspace defense under its latest national defense guidelines launched last December.

 

Some defense experts say the ability to obstruct an enemy’s use of cyberspace could exceed the limits of the country’s exclusively defense-oriented policy.

 

The virus, to be developed by private companies, will be used only for defense purposes — not for pre-emptive attack — a ministry source said. Government policy allows cyber-attacks only against a country or an organization considered equivalent to a country.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/30/national/first-japan-develop-computer-virus-defend-cyberattacks/

Anonymous ID: f269d5 April 29, 2019, 10:32 p.m. No.6368233   🗄️.is đź”—kun

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it's the japapnese don't know who is behind it, white or black hats. but yes you would need to know this or send it out and see who "bite's"

 

on another topic has anyone successfully loaded anything into the meme folder, tried an hour ago and it would not generate a captcha

Anonymous ID: f269d5 April 29, 2019, 11:20 p.m. No.6368535   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>8549 >>8561 >>8615 >>8629

Australian right-wing senate candidate resigns after strip-club video emerges

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The leader of Australia’s right-wing One Nation party, Pauline Hanson, said on Tuesday one of her senate candidates has resigned from the party after footage emerged showing him making derogatory comments and touching a dancer in a U.S. strip club.

 

The resignation, less than a month before a general election, threatens to further erode support for One Nation, which has seen voters abandon it after a series of scandals.

 

Hanson said Steve Dickson offered his resignation after an Australian channel aired footage from an undercover investigation by the Al Jazeera network that showed him putting money into a dancer’s lingerie while talking in disparagingly terms.

 

“Steve’s language and behavior was unacceptable and does not meet my expectations nor the greater public’s expectations of a person who is standing for public office,” Hanson told reporters.

 

Dickson has apologized for the incident in a statement. He said he was drunk.

 

Professor of political science at Flinders University, Haydon Manning, said Dickson was one of One Nation’s best-known candidates.

 

“This video adds to the picture that the party is in disarray and will hurt its support,” Manning said.

 

One Nation’s troubles could intensify a battle for the right-wing vote among small parties and independents challenging the conservative Liberal and National parties.

 

A Newspoll for the Australian newspaper on Monday showed One Nation on course to win just 4 percent of the primary vote in the May 18 election, half of its expected tally a month earlier.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-politics/australian-right-wing-senate-candidate-resigns-after-strip-club-video-emerges-idUSKCN1S60CR?il=0