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Cyberattacks leave Japanese arcades idle and disrupt mobile ordering

A Tokyo arcade operator describes a steep fall in customers as Japan announces specialist teams to help businesses recover from cyberattacks.

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0:30The report links arcade-service suspensions to unauthorized access affecting some Sega Fave servers.
1:00A Game W executive restarts a Taiko no Tatsujin cabinet, which fails with an authentication error.
2:06Matsuya's app outage disrupted mobile ordering; the report says service returned on November 6.
2:43NTT Docomo reports a customer-information leak, followed by a separate account of improperly exchanged energy-service reward points.
3:30The government's emergency package includes specialist teams to help attacked businesses contain damage and recover.

At a Tokyo arcade, restarting a Taiko no Tatsujin machine brings up an authentication screen, then an error. The cabinet is physically there, but the service it needs is unavailable. Nearby, notices explain why customers cannot play.

Japan's All-Nippon News Network channel, ANNnewsCH, operated by TV Asahi, follows the disruption from arcade floors to restaurant queues in its November 7 Good! Morning report. It describes separate unauthorized-access incidents affecting games, food ordering, customer information and reward points.

According to the report, an intrusion into some Sega Fave servers led to the suspension of online matches and other functions from November 1. Popular arcade machines, including Taiko no Tatsujin and Gundam titles, became unusable at affected locations.

At Game W in Tokyo's Toshima ward, operating-company executive Yoshikazu Suzuki demonstrates the failed restart. He estimates that customer numbers have fallen by 70 to 80 percent. Games that normally attract everyone from children to older visitors are standing idle, and the report says there was no timetable for restoration.

The disruption at Matsuya, a restaurant chain known for beef bowls, had a different consequence: lunchtime lines at ticket machines. The broadcaster reports that unauthorized access on October 28 forced the chain to suspend its official app, including mobile ordering, which normally lets customers order without queuing. The app was restored on the afternoon of November 6, after nine days.

The report also carries an apology from NTT Docomo president Yoshiaki Maeda over the reported leak of roughly 300,000 customer records. Some included workplace details and bank-account information. Separately, NTT Smile Energy said about eight million points held by customers in a rewards service had been improperly exchanged for digital gifts.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi links the succession of incidents to disruption of everyday life and business activity. Under an emergency package described in the report, a new public-private cyber rescue team will send specialists to companies hit by cyberattacks, helping contain the damage and restore services.