Since the risk of cyber attacks aimed at consecutive holidays when system personnel are absent is increasing, the Information-technology Promotion Agency is fake to infect viruses, especially when processing emails accumulated after consecutive holidays at once. We are calling attention not to accidentally open the email.

According to the Information-technology Promotion Agency, cyber attacks such as stealing personal information using a virus called "Iced ID" have become popular recently, and there are cases where such viruses are infected by opening fake email attachments. There are many.



Fake emails can be difficult to distinguish from the real ones, such as alienating real business partners or spoofing the sender's address.

Information-technology Promotion Agency, especially when processing emails at once after consecutive holidays, carefully check whether there are any suspicious points even if you think that the email is from a business partner, and do not accidentally open the attached file etc. I'm calling attention.



Also, after the holidays, I would like you to update the software programs of your computer and peripherals to the latest version.

Naoki Nakajima, Chief of Information-technology Promotion Agency, said, "Email processing after consecutive holidays tends to be distracting, so please check carefully."