Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government plans to adopt a new cybersecurity strategy next month that calls for needed measures to address foreign threats such as election interference.
A draft of the strategy notes “an increase in state-supported cyberthreats” such as those by China, Russia and North Korea. It calls for “defense and deterrence with the state at the core” following the enactment of a law to introduce what is known as an active cyberdefense.
The draft expresses caution over the fact that “cyberattacks, even those backed by states, are regularly carried out to halt critical infrastructure, interfere in other countries’ elections and steal sensitive information.”