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Japan is stepping up its plans to find cyber attackers who may already be inside the networks that keep essential services running. Under a new fiscal 2027 initiative, the government plans to work with private companies to strengthen Japan threat hunting across critical infrastructure, including power utilities and telecommunications operators.

I spent a lunchtime recently at a Singapore Press Club session on how artificial intelligence and quantum computing are making cyber threats worse. The room was full of people who work at the sharp end of this – running national defences, protecting small businesses, and thinking about where all of this is heading.