Japan's National Cyberdefence - It's Not a Military Thing, Honest
12/27/23 • 24 min
Welcome to episode 2 of CyAN's State of (Cyber) War series.
Today, James Briscoe and John Salomon talk about Japan - its national cyberdefence capabilities, the regional and global threat landscape, regulations and laws, and how all of these are evolving in the face of changing geopolitical realities and technologies.
A few notes from our chat:
02:25 US-Japan 1960 joint security treaty: https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/n-america/us/q&a/ref/1.html 02:37 Article 9 Japanese constitution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_9_of_the_Japanese_Constitution 02:45 SCAP: Supreme commander allied powers 02:58 Japan Self Defense Forces: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces 05:01 2019 US-Japan security treaty update: https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/000470738.pdf 06:54 national security strategy end of 2022: https://www.cas.go.jp/jp/siryou/221216anzenhoshou/nss-e.pdf 08:14 Lazarus Group: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/9/us-japan-south-korea-launch-new-efforts-to-counter-n-korea-cyber-threats 10:35 Lazarus Group's cryptocurrency thefts: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/12/01/north-korean-hackers-lazarus-group-stolen-3b-in-cryptocurrency/ 11:29 https://www.dragonflyintelligence.com/news/japan-shift-to-a-more-offensive-cyber-posture-in-2023/ 11:35 https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-to-quadruple-cyber-defense-forces-meeting-threats-head-on 12:47 The 2016 revision in question: https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/000143304.pdf 13:37 The spending increase to 2% request: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/japan-makes-record-defence-spending-request-amid-tension-with-china-2023-08-31/ 13:59 It's actually 2% as well: https://www.nato.int/docu/review/articles/2023/07/03/defence-spending-sustaining-the-effort-in-the-long-term/index.html 14:39 CCDCOE: https://ccdcoe.org/ 14:46 Locked Shields exercise: https://ccdcoe.org/exercises/locked-shields/ 15:33 The official in question was former US Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair: https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/political-series/20221122-72394/ 16:05 The Japanese National Security Strategy allows for development of a posture for information warfare and introduction of active cyber defence in cybersecurity. It will create a government information warfare department, allowing government to aggregate and analyze the situation on disinformation originated abroad. The National Center for Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity is to be restructured to establish an new organisation to coordinate policies between the police and JSDF. This will allow for active cyber defence against attackers. Training for 4000 cyber ‘warriors’ and 16k cyber-capable JSDF members over 5 years is also foreseen. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans AI to enhance monitoring of information and intelligence analysis. Furthermore, defence industry profit margin will be permitted to increase to a max of 15%. 16:45 The Nagoya port ransomware attack of July 2023: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-06/nagoya-port-delays-restart-following-alleged-ransomware-attack 17:10 The Chinese cyberattack on the Japanese defence network: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/08/japan/japan-china-hack-defense-network/ - WaPo article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/07/china-japan-hack-pentagon/ 17:23 KillNet ceases attacks on Japan: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/09/9846d4bf7aee-pro-russia-hacker-group-stops-cyberattacks-on-japan-due-to-money-woes.html 20:17 2023 Amendments to Telecommunications Business Act: https://www.dataguidance.com/news/japan-amendments-telecommunications-business-act-enter 20:20 Unauthorized Computer Access Law (UCAL): https://iclg.com/practice-areas/cybersecurity-laws-and-regulations/japan
James Briscoe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimbriscoe/ John Salomon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsalomon/
Check out the rest of CyAN's media channels on https://cybersecurityadvisors.network/media - and visit us at https://cybersecurityadvisors.network
Original YouTube video version: https://youtu.be/Fmuno8ohJPs
Intro/outro music courtesy of AlexiAction via Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/alexiaction-26977400/
Welcome to episode 2 of CyAN's State of (Cyber) War series.
Today, James Briscoe and John Salomon talk about Japan - its national cyberdefence capabilities, the regional and global threat landscape, regulations and laws, and how all of these are evolving in the face of changing geopolitical realities and technologies.
A few notes from our chat:
02:25 US-Japan 1960 joint security treaty: https://www.mofa.go.jp/region/n-america/us/q&a/ref/1.html 02:37 Article 9 Japanese constitution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_9_of_the_Japanese_Constitution 02:45 SCAP: Supreme commander allied powers 02:58 Japan Self Defense Forces: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces 05:01 2019 US-Japan security treaty update: https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/000470738.pdf 06:54 national security strategy end of 2022: https://www.cas.go.jp/jp/siryou/221216anzenhoshou/nss-e.pdf 08:14 Lazarus Group: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/9/us-japan-south-korea-launch-new-efforts-to-counter-n-korea-cyber-threats 10:35 Lazarus Group's cryptocurrency thefts: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/12/01/north-korean-hackers-lazarus-group-stolen-3b-in-cryptocurrency/ 11:29 https://www.dragonflyintelligence.com/news/japan-shift-to-a-more-offensive-cyber-posture-in-2023/ 11:35 https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-to-quadruple-cyber-defense-forces-meeting-threats-head-on 12:47 The 2016 revision in question: https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/000143304.pdf 13:37 The spending increase to 2% request: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/japan-makes-record-defence-spending-request-amid-tension-with-china-2023-08-31/ 13:59 It's actually 2% as well: https://www.nato.int/docu/review/articles/2023/07/03/defence-spending-sustaining-the-effort-in-the-long-term/index.html 14:39 CCDCOE: https://ccdcoe.org/ 14:46 Locked Shields exercise: https://ccdcoe.org/exercises/locked-shields/ 15:33 The official in question was former US Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair: https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/political-series/20221122-72394/ 16:05 The Japanese National Security Strategy allows for development of a posture for information warfare and introduction of active cyber defence in cybersecurity. It will create a government information warfare department, allowing government to aggregate and analyze the situation on disinformation originated abroad. The National Center for Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity is to be restructured to establish an new organisation to coordinate policies between the police and JSDF. This will allow for active cyber defence against attackers. Training for 4000 cyber ‘warriors’ and 16k cyber-capable JSDF members over 5 years is also foreseen. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans AI to enhance monitoring of information and intelligence analysis. Furthermore, defence industry profit margin will be permitted to increase to a max of 15%. 16:45 The Nagoya port ransomware attack of July 2023: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-06/nagoya-port-delays-restart-following-alleged-ransomware-attack 17:10 The Chinese cyberattack on the Japanese defence network: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/08/japan/japan-china-hack-defense-network/ - WaPo article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/07/china-japan-hack-pentagon/ 17:23 KillNet ceases attacks on Japan: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/09/9846d4bf7aee-pro-russia-hacker-group-stops-cyberattacks-on-japan-due-to-money-woes.html 20:17 2023 Amendments to Telecommunications Business Act: https://www.dataguidance.com/news/japan-amendments-telecommunications-business-act-enter 20:20 Unauthorized Computer Access Law (UCAL): https://iclg.com/practice-areas/cybersecurity-laws-and-regulations/japan
James Briscoe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimbriscoe/ John Salomon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsalomon/
Check out the rest of CyAN's media channels on https://cybersecurityadvisors.network/media - and visit us at https://cybersecurityadvisors.network
Original YouTube video version: https://youtu.be/Fmuno8ohJPs
Intro/outro music courtesy of AlexiAction via Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/alexiaction-26977400/
Previous Episode
State of (Cyber) War - Russia, Offensive Cyber Operations, and Terror, Oh My
Welcome to episode 1 of CyAN's new State of (Cyber) War series.
Join John Salomon and James Briscoe in a discussion of offensive cyberoperations involving Russian actors, parallels to historical attacks on civilians, expectations and limitations of information operations, and more.
A few notes from our chat:
05:10 James' research paper on Russia/Ukraine: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6899132398601162752/ 05:30 Conti ransomware group: https://flashpoint.io/blog/history-of-conti-ransomware/ 08:55 2016 Ukraine power grid attacks: https://www.wired.com/story/russia-ukraine-cyberattack-power-grid-blackout-destruction/ 11:15 Stuxnet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet 12:47 James' follow-up work: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6944843584533581824/ 14:35 The Dukes: https://www.cfr.org/cyber-operations/dukes Cozy Bear: https://www.crowdstrike.com/adversaries/cozy-bear/ NotPetya: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Ukraine_ransomware_attacks 18:32 Lazarus Group: https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/pl/security/news/cybercrime-and-digital-threats/a-look-into-the-lazarus-groups-operations 20:11 2022 Yandex Moscow taxi hack: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/09/02/gridlock-as-hackers-order-hundreds-of-taxis-to-same-place-in-moscow 20:25 2023 GUR Russian state tax service hack: https://therecord.media/ukraine-intelligence-claims-attack-on-russia-tax-service 23:22 2022 Belarus railway hack: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/25/cyberpartisans-hack-belarusian-railway-to-disrupt-russian-buildup 24:04 Alexander Lukashenko and the Ukraine invasion map: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/lukashenko-ukraine-russia-belarus-invasion-map-b2026440.html 25:23 Syrian Electronic Army: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Electronic_Army 29:03 Momotarō no Umiwashi came out in 1942: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momotar%C5%8D_no_Umiwashi
Original YouTube video is at https://youtu.be/VlP_L3xX2Lo
James Briscoe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimbriscoe/ John Salomon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsalomon/
Check out the rest of CyAN's media channels on https://cybersecurityadvisors.network/media - and visit us at https://cybersecurityadvisors.network
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Next Episode
50 Cent Army? What a Bargain! China and its Disinformation Campaigns
Join James Briscoe and John Salomon in the latest episode of the State of (Cyber)War podcast as they discuss the People's Republic of China and some of its disinformation capabilities.
This informal conversation includes discussion about Chinese foreign election interference, domestic social media manipulation, Taiwan, China's foreign political and economic interests and more.
John Salomon - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsalomon/ James Briscoe - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimbriscoe/
02:10 Xi Jinping's new year's address, via CCTV: https://youtu.be/TEd3CtcL1pU?si=MAiKGP-SPjm8cjCe 02:50 Xi Zhongxun, Chinese revolutionary leader: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Zhongxun 04:00 Taiwanese elections 2024: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Taiwanese_general_election 04:08 Kuomintang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang 04:27 Democratic Progressive Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party 05:45 1992 Consensus: https://thediplomat.com/2022/07/the-1992-consensus-why-it-worked-and-why-it-fell-apart/ 07:15 These are the Valemax ore carriers: https://vale.com/w/fleet-of-ships-serving-vale-receives-first-ore-carrier-in-the-world-equipped-with-rotor-sails 09:12 50 Cent Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party 09:52 Nine-dotted line: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-dash_line 10:04 Belt and Road Initiative: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-massive-belt-and-road-initiative 13:00 https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSIN277923/ 13:43 NY Times article on the topic: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/us/politics/china-disinformation-ai.html 14:15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Chinese_balloon_incident 14:42 A lot of this is obviously speculation. https://www.wired.com/story/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-tiktok/ 16:42 Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank: https://www.aiib.org/en/index.html 19:35 An article about PRC influence on the Taiwanese elections: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/taiwan-presidential-election-china-influence 20:32 https://www.npr.org/2023/11/30/1215898523/meta-warns-china-online-social-media-influence-operations-facebook-elections 21:05 A US State Department briefing on this topic: https://www.state.gov/briefings-foreign-press-centers/how-the-prc-amplifies-russian-disinformation 24:15 United Front Work Department: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Front_Work_Department 26:25 Some points about interference in US elections: https://gdil.org/russian-and-chinese-influence-actors-and-operations-against-the-american-electorate/ 29:34 Hundred Years of Humiliation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_of_humiliation 30:30 The Avoidable War, by Kevin Rudd: https://www.avoidablewar.com/ 32:23 Natto Thoughts: https://nattothoughts.substack.com/ 32:26 The disinformation handbook (part I): https://nattothoughts.substack.com/p/disinformation-handbook-a-concise
A few links on the topic worth reading:
Chinese information operations against Taiwan:
https://therecord.media/taiwan-elections-china-interference https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/taiwan-presidential-election-china-influence https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/beijing-tries-to-capitalize-on-taiwans-controversial-rocket-alert/ https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/rip-off-the-blindfold-let-taiwanese-civil-society-learn-from-ukraine/ https://fpri.org/article/2023/12/whats-at-stake-in-upcoming-taiwan-election/
General Chinese disinfo operations:
https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2023/10/dismantling-the-disinformation-business-of-chinese.html https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/joint-capabilities/13356-report-massive-chinese-disinformation-campaign-uncovered-on-youtube
https://medium.com/doublethinklab/propaganda-analysis-how-different-actors-in-chinas-information-ecosystem-portray-the-ukraine-war-ac82713c2f68 https://www.npr.org/2023/11/30/1215898523/meta-warns-china-online-social-media-influence-operations-facebook-elections
The State of (Cyber)War is a project by members of the Cybersecurity Advisors Network (CyAN), with an interest in information security topics relevant to geopolitics, military cyberdefence, diplomacy, and other international topics. We discuss various aspects of both current and past issues from the point of view of interested amateurs with varying degrees of experience in the field, in a not-always-entirely-serious format.
Visit the Cybersecurity Advisors Network at https://cybersecurityadvisors.network
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