The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications received a report from the company on measures to prevent recurrence on the 1st due to a large-scale information leak incident involving LINE users, and has decided to receive a report on the implementation status once every three months. I am. Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Matsumoto expressed his intention to take additional measures if necessary, and strongly urged companies to take thorough measures.
LINE Yahoo, which received administrative guidance from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications last month due to a large-scale information leak of LINE users, submitted a report on the 1st outlining measures to prevent recurrence.
In this, the company announced its policy to terminate or reduce various operations outsourced to Naver, a South Korean IT company that suffered a cyber attack and was the cause of the leak.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will receive reports on the implementation status of countermeasures once every three months.
At a press conference after the Cabinet meeting on the 2nd, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Matsumoto said that LINE has many users and can be considered a part of our daily life infrastructure, adding, ``It is necessary to ensure solid security, and appropriate measures should be taken to strengthen governance.'' "We want to take additional measures if necessary," he said, strongly urging the company to take thorough measures.