I always was a fan of Japan, and other places keeping pre-widespread Internet usage tech.
… maybe Japan is the strongest country in the world right now against cyberattacks after all. There’s no risk of cyberattack if there’s no cyberwhatever.
They’ve been playing the long game, and people get to keep their job away from the threat of AI, incredible 4D chess move.
I remembered people fearmongering how the financial world would fare if the Internet goes down and how they would make transfers across banks.
…they would just go back to using paper and telephones? Accountants would definitely have their work cut out for them, and your transfer would take days instead of seconds to complete, but it’s not impossible.
Japan is healing
In cybersecurity, no corporation or nation is impenetrable. Being compromised is a matter of ‘when’ not ‘if’. It’s about how resilient you are to attacks and how fast you can recover from a compromise, and prevent the same attacks from succeeding.
In this aspect, Asahi has failed magnificently.
I expect a full 90° or deeper bow from their top brass for this embarrassment.
So now Asahi is going to be crippled again when they run out of toner after a hacker faxes them a 500-page document consisting of black pages.
I remember when I went to driving school in 2016 and you have to watch this old ass VHS tape and the footage looked like it was taken in the 70’s about road rules. Probably the last time I would see VHS tape ever again.
There’s that one warehouse worker that’s been working there for over 50 years. Dude stepped up to the plate and showed everyone how they did it old school. The managers followed him and took notes. They went in the back room and dug up their old paperwork. Faxed all their clients order sheets with a cover sheet that says “were back up.” Some guys poor job is to log those sheets on an excel spreadsheet on a computer that’s not connected to the internet.
you just know the old heads of Asahi are mumbling to themselves “I knew it, never should have left paper & fax machines”
Fax me a beer please Japan
Head Office’s local 7-Eleven must be getting smashed
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Maybe Japan was correct not getting rid of fax machine :).
More on this subject from other reputable sources:
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– TechSpot (A-): [Following cyberattack, Japan is days away from running out of country's favorite beer](https://www.techspot.com/news/109738-following-cyberattack-japan-days-away-running-out-country.html)
– NBC News (B): [Asahi: Cyberattack could leave Japan without its most popular beer](https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/japan-cyberattack-shortage-asahi-beer-rcna235352)
– Firstpost (B-): [Why is Japan just days away from running out of the popular Asahi Super Dry beer?](https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/japan-asahi-beer-shortage-cyberattack-super-dry-13939093.html)
– japannews.yomiuri.co.jp (B): [Asahi Confirms Ransomware Caused System Disruption, with Shipments of Beer, Other Products Still Suspended](https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/business/companies/20251004-284690/)
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I always was a fan of Japan, and other places keeping pre-widespread Internet usage tech.
… maybe Japan is the strongest country in the world right now against cyberattacks after all. There’s no risk of cyberattack if there’s no cyberwhatever.
They’ve been playing the long game, and people get to keep their job away from the threat of AI, incredible 4D chess move.
I remembered people fearmongering how the financial world would fare if the Internet goes down and how they would make transfers across banks.
…they would just go back to using paper and telephones? Accountants would definitely have their work cut out for them, and your transfer would take days instead of seconds to complete, but it’s not impossible.
Japan is healing
In cybersecurity, no corporation or nation is impenetrable. Being compromised is a matter of ‘when’ not ‘if’. It’s about how resilient you are to attacks and how fast you can recover from a compromise, and prevent the same attacks from succeeding.
In this aspect, Asahi has failed magnificently.
I expect a full 90° or deeper bow from their top brass for this embarrassment.
So now Asahi is going to be crippled again when they run out of toner after a hacker faxes them a 500-page document consisting of black pages.
I remember when I went to driving school in 2016 and you have to watch this old ass VHS tape and the footage looked like it was taken in the 70’s about road rules. Probably the last time I would see VHS tape ever again.
There’s that one warehouse worker that’s been working there for over 50 years. Dude stepped up to the plate and showed everyone how they did it old school. The managers followed him and took notes. They went in the back room and dug up their old paperwork. Faxed all their clients order sheets with a cover sheet that says “were back up.” Some guys poor job is to log those sheets on an excel spreadsheet on a computer that’s not connected to the internet.
you just know the old heads of Asahi are mumbling to themselves “I knew it, never should have left paper & fax machines”
Fax me a beer please Japan
Head Office’s local 7-Eleven must be getting smashed
Going back to the old days of 2019
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