Japan mulls creating new defense body for fighting cyberattacks

Japan is considering creating a new organization to lead the country's fight against cyberattacks, with control over units of its defense and police forces coping with such attacks, government sources said Wednesday.The government seeks to arrange in fiscal 2024 a new security budget covering the envisioned body, which expands on the role of the existing National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity, or NISC, they said.The organization's chief would liaise with heads of U.S. and European cybersecurity organizations, including the White House's Office of the National C…READ FULL ARTICLE