Japan internet giant GMO says hackers posted stolen customer data
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A cloud breach leading to alleged GMO customer data being posted online is another reminder that your provider’s perimeter is now part of your own threat model. Treat cloud tenancy and vendor security posture as first-order risk in any data-heavy or AI deployment.
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