Record 2.9 million people in Japan led to fake websites through phishing

A record 2.9 million people in Japan have been directed through phishing emails to fake websites created to steal sensitive information in the first half of this year, according to a report by a major internet security firm.The report by Trend Micro Inc. released Monday said such fraudulent attempts are increasingly aimed at stealing accounts used for shopping, communication and other services with major firms such as Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Rakuten Inc. and Line Corp.Trend Micro has kept records of how many times it shut down its product users' access to fake websites since 2014. The …READ FULL ARTICLE