The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the National Police Agency should call attention to infected PC users through Internet connection companies so that the damage caused by the computer virus "Emotet", which has been reported to be infected all over the world, will not spread in Japan. became.
Emotet is a virus that is transmitted through email attachments, etc. Once infected, not only personal information is leaked, but also other viruses are invaded and spread to countries around the world including Japan.
In a joint international investigation, the network that spreads the virus was suppressed last month, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the National Police Agency have been trying to prevent the spread of damage caused by emotes in Japan, against infected PC users. It was decided to call attention.
Based on the information provided by overseas investigative authorities, provide the Internet connection company with about 26,000 IP addresses in Japan that are allegedly infected with the virus, and the connection company will identify the user and be careful. I am going to call.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is calling for those who receive attention to check the infection status and take necessary measures such as removing the virus.
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Responding to secondary infections
Emotet is a computer virus that has begun a full-scale epidemic all over the world, and it has also raged in Japan, but the virus network was suppressed last month by an international joint investigation by the Europol-European Criminal Police Organization. I did.
This has reduced the damage caused by the spread of the emotte, but according to information security experts, the emotte has the ability to download another virus to the infected device, so the device infected with the emotte is different. You may be infected with a virus.
If you use online shopping or a financial institution while infected with another virus, a fake screen may be displayed and your credit card information may be stolen.
Experts said, "Emotet cannot prevent damage unless it responds firmly to secondary infections with other viruses. If infection is suspected, please consult with the company's security officer or the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications." I'm talking to you.