The annual report of the Japanese police “White Paper”, published today, Tuesday, monitored the commission of nearly 10,000 cyber crimes in 2020; This is a new record in the country.
Moscow – Sputnik. During the past year, 9,875 crimes were recorded in the electronic field.
It included more than two thousand violations of the legislation on the distribution of child pornography, about 1.3 thousand cases of fraud, more than 600 cases of unauthorized access to data, etc.
“National companies have been subjected to cyber attacks by the APT40 hacker group, which is likely behind the Chinese government,” said Japanese government secretary-general, Katsunobu Kato.
China has consistently denied allegations of cyber-attacks, and calls on the international community to cooperate to counter US actions that threaten global cyber security and violate international rules.