In Japan, a cyberattack caused website failure and service disruptions, following a series of similar incidents at major firms in the country recently. Japan’s largest mobile carrier NTT Docomo informed that a system glitch started Tuesday morning, making it difficult to connect to services due to a distributed denial-of-service attack. The company said, it has been working to counteract the cyber attack and determine its source. Recently, a series of system failures caused by the same type of attack have hit Japanese companies including, national banks and airport operators.
The search function for the "d payment" smartphone payment service also experienced problems,although mobile phones and other communication services were not affected, the company added, Xinhua news agency reported. Japan Airlines experienced a problem with its system used by passengers to check in their baggage on December 26, while MUFG Bank, Mizuho Bank and Resona Bank reported disruptions to online transactions and other problems between late December and Wednesday.
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