Leo Lewis and Kana Inagaki report:
A hacking attack at Japan’s largest IT company is spilling across the country’s corporate sector, with cyber security experts warning that it could trigger a surge in attempts by organised criminal gangs to extort hefty ransoms from companies and their customers.
More than 10 Japanese companies have said in the past month that they have been affected by the hacking at Fujitsu, which supplies internet infrastructure to thousands of companies. The attack took place last year and allowed outside access to emails sent through a Fujitsu-based email system.
Read more at Financial Times.