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High school student arrested for causing more than 40,000 people to withdraw from membership due to cyber attack

Technology 06/07/2026 NHK 👁 13
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A 15-year-old high school boy was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department for using a program he created using generated AI to conduct a cyberattack on a video distribution service operated by a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings, the largest toy manufacturer, and causing over 46,000 members to withdraw without permission.

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