Japan to protect water and electricity from shady telecom equipment

Government guidelines to mention danger of information leaks, in line with US

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Tokyo will explicitly warn infrastructure builders about sourcing equipment that could carry security risks like malware.

YUKIO TAJIMA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan will call on operators of critical infrastructure, such as water and electricity, to caution against procuring telecommunications equipment that have the risk of containing malicious software, Nikkei has learned.

The warning will appear in Japan's revised cybersecurity guidelines due out this spring, in what would be the first such mention of threats that telecommunications equipment pose. 

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