ニチレイへのサイバー攻撃、盗まれた情報が公開か

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is August tenth. Last month, Nichirei, one of Japan's biggest frozen-food companies, was hit by a cyberattack — and now hackers have published the stolen data. Let's listen.

Now let's break it down, sentence by sentence.

Frozen-food giant Nichirei was hit by a cyberattack, and data believed to be stolen has now been published on the internet.

It means a cyberattack.

The data was released by a Russia-linked hacker group calling itself RansomHouse.

It means a group.

The data appears to include personal information of employees and business partners.

It means a business partner — a company you do business with.

On July thirteenth, Nichirei announced that its systems had been accessed illegally and stopped working.

It means unauthorized access — breaking into a computer system.

Because of this, orders and shipments of frozen foods were temporarily impossible.

It means shipping goods out.

About five thousand companies nationwide — supermarkets, restaurants and more — use Nichirei's logistics service.

It means logistics — moving and delivering goods.

The systems recovered little by little, and normal operations resumed on July twenty-fourth, about ten days later.

It means recovery.

Saying personal information may have leaked, Nichirei reported the case to the national data protection authority.

It means to leak out.

Experts say every company should strengthen its security measures on a daily basis.

It means countermeasures — steps taken against a problem.

Let's listen to the whole story one more time.

Time for a short quiz. Listen and try to answer.

A Russia-linked group calling itself RansomHouse.

About five thousand companies.

On July twenty-fourth — about ten days after the attack.

That's all for today. Cyberattacks like this can quietly reach all the way to the frozen-food aisle of your local supermarket. See you tomorrow.