Hacker arrests double in Japan

2008-11-10

Japan's Ministry of Justice has released its annual white paper showing that in 2007 the arrests associated with unauthorized access to computers has more than doubled in 2007.

The white paper reveals that a total of 1,442 arrests were made in 2007, up 703 arrests made a year earlier. IDG News Service points out that this number is 10 times the number of arrests made in 2003 for violations of the same law.

IDG News Service reports, "Within this category arrests relating to violations of the copyright law jumped 11 percent to 165, while arrests for distribution of obscene literature climbed 6 percent to 203."

The article also states, "At the end of 2007, there were 28.3 million broadband connections and 100.5 million cell phone subscriptions. Those figures are up respectively 10 percent and 6 percent on the beginning of the year."

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