Japan and ASEAN cooperate on cybersecurity measures

2026-03-06 - 07:03

“We believed we had taken the necessary and sufficient measures. However, this attack was advanced and sophisticated beyond what we had anticipated.” Atsushi Katsuki, president and CEO of Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd., a major Japanese beverage and food company, said this at a news conference on November 27, 2025, regarding a system disruption caused by ransomware (a ransom-demanding computer virus).