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Japan plans to seek software vulnerability data from U.S. AI firms, Nikkei says
Nikkei reported Thursday that Japan will seek earlier access to undisclosed software flaws from U.S. AI developers as part of an emergency cybersecurity package, Reuters said.
Wire reporting: (Reuters, via CNA)
Japan plans to seek earlier access to information on undisclosed software vulnerabilities from U.S. artificial intelligence developers and other overseas technology firms, the Nikkei newspaper reported Thursday, according to Reuters1,2.
The government is expected to present an emergency cybersecurity package at a ministerial meeting that could be convened as early as Friday, Reuters reported, citing Nikkei1,2.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in late October instructed officials to devise steps to bolster cyber defenses after a recent increase in attacks, according to the same account1,2. Reuters said government and corporate websites in several countries were disrupted in October after disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language1,2.
Tokyo will explore ways to obtain information about serious software vulnerabilities before they are publicly disclosed, to help government agencies and operators of critical infrastructure respond more quickly, Nikkei said, per Reuters1,2. Japan had recently sought expanded access to advanced AI models from major U.S. developers, including Anthropic and OpenAI, in response to cyberattacks believed to have been aided by AI, the report added1,2.
Neither Reuters nor CNA quoted a Japanese government confirmation of the Nikkei account, and it was not reported whether U.S. firms had agreed to share pre-disclosure vulnerability data1,2.
