March 4, 2021 State of Occurrence of Unauthorized Access and R&D of Technologies related to Access Control Functions

Pursuant to Paragraph 1, Article 10 of the Act on the Prohibition of Unauthorized Computer Access (Act No. 128 of 1999), the National Police Agency (NPA), the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) jointly announce the current situation of the occurrence of unauthorized access and the progress of the research and development of technologies for access control functions.

1. Overview

In order to prevent computer crimes committed through telecommunication lines and to maintain order related to telecommunications realized by access control functions, it is necessary to build an environment in which gaining unauthorized access is difficult.
Therefore, pursuant to Article 10, Paragraph 1 of the Act on the Prohibition of Unauthorized Computer Access, the NPA, MIC, and METI publish information on the occurrence of unauthorized access and the status of research and development of technology related to access control functions.*

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  This is a press release issued jointly by the NPA, MIC, and METI

2. Contents announced

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  Occurrence of unauthorized access
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  Status of research and development of technology related to access control functions

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  The published material is in Japanese only.