Japan's Digital Agency says VPN flaw exposed 246,000 personnel records

By Bill Toulas

AI Summary

Japan's Digital Agency disclosed a data breach caused by exploitation of a vulnerability in a VPN product, potentially exposing approximately 246,000 rows of personal information belonging to government employees. The breach at a central government digital authority is significant both for the scale of records exposed and as a demonstration of VPN infrastructure remaining a high-value attack surface against public sector targets.

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