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The Japan Times

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Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Oct 14, 2026

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Eclipse on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: OtherDiscovered: 2026-10-14

Source: Ransomware.live

Company description · AI-generated by the aggregator, not the leak post

The Japan Times is Japan's oldest and largest English-language newspaper, founded in 1897. It operates in the media and publishing industry, providing news, analysis, and commentary on Japanese politics, business, society, and culture to an international audience. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, the company publishes both print and digital editions, serving expatriates, diplomats, businesspeople, and readers worldwide interested in Japan-related news.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Oct 14, 2026

Claim posted

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Unverified claimView incident

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

No regulatory filing corroborates this yet — it is the attacker's own assertion. Watch this entity to be notified the moment a filing corroborates or contradicts it.

Source ceiling

  • actor name
  • victim claim
  • ransom/leak status
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • notification
  • affected count
  • confirmed data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this group

eclipse

20 victims claimed globally20 tracked hereFull profile →