{
  "id": 16305903,
  "title": "GMO asks government to take active cyber defense measures",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/gmo-asks-government-to-take-active-cyber-defense-measures",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-24T08:21:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/10/24/gmo-cyber-defense-government-request/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "GMO Internet has urged the Japanese government to take proactive measures in cybersecurity following a recent unauthorized access incident. The unauthorized access targeted 26,739 automated FX currency margin trading servers, potentially resulting in financial losses for users. GMO Internet has announced it will compensate affected users for those losses and offer a ¥5,000 consolation payment to all users as a gesture of goodwill. The government launched the active cyber defense system on October 1, allowing the Self-Defense Forces and police to preemptively target and neutralize attackers' servers to prevent damage.",
  "summary": "GMO Internet has revealed that there was unauthorized access to its servers for automated FX currency margin trading.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}