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Japanese internet giant GMO tells customers to shut down and disconnect PCs from the internet following data breach and ransomware threat

Sead Fadilpašić reports: Japanese internet giant GMO Group has told its customers to scan their computers for viruses, back up all of their data, disconnect the devices from the internet and then shut them down.

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KEVWire. (2026, October 28). Japanese internet giant GMO tells customers to shut down and disconnect PCs from the internet following data breach and ransomware threat. https://kevwire.com/record/databreaches-japanese-internet-giant-gmo-tells-customers-to-shut-down-and-disconnect-pcs-from-the-internet-follow-f7d89d77b808

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"Japanese internet giant GMO tells customers to shut down and disconnect PCs from the internet following data breach and ransomware threat." KEVWire, 28 Oct. 2026, kevwire.com/record/databreaches-japanese-internet-giant-gmo-tells-customers-to-shut-down-and-disconnect-pcs-from-the-internet-follow-f7d89d77b808.

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KEVWire. "Japanese internet giant GMO tells customers to shut down and disconnect PCs from the internet following data breach and ransomware threat." Last modified October 28, 2026. https://kevwire.com/record/databreaches-japanese-internet-giant-gmo-tells-customers-to-shut-down-and-disconnect-pcs-from-the-internet-follow-f7d89d77b808.

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Japanese internet giant GMO tells customers to shut down and disconnect PCs from the internet following data breach and ransomware threat (Oct 28, 2026).
Sead Fadilpašić reports: Japanese internet giant GMO Group has told its customers to scan their computers for viruses, back up all of their data, disconnect the devices from the internet and then shut them down.
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DataBreaches.net: Japanese internet giant GMO tells customers to shut down and disconnect PCs from the internet following data breach and ransomware threat: https://databreaches.net/2026/10/28/japanese-internet-giant-gmo-tells-customers-to-shut-down-and-disconnect-pcs-from-the-internet-following-data-breach-and-ransomware-threat/
DataBreaches.net syndication feed: https://databreaches.net/feed/
Record ID: databreaches-japanese-internet-giant-gmo-tells-customers-to-shut-down-and-disconnect-pcs-from-the-internet-follow-f7d89d77b808.
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