AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoCybersecurity: CISA issued an emergency alert after the FortiBleed leak exposed plaintext credentials for about 74,000 Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways, with attackers actively using them against internet-facing systems worldwide. Geopolitics & Tech Supply Chains: Japan’s G7 rare-earth proposal is drawing concern for potentially raising regional tension as Tokyo pushes coordinated stockpiles to reduce China’s grip on critical minerals. Disaster Tech Collaboration: Japan’s JICA and the Philippines’ DOST are partnering on the GATES program to unify geospatial and climate data using AI for disaster risk analytics and digital transformation. Earth Science: A study in Science reports the 2011 Japan quake shifted the country about 5–6 mm eastward, driven by seismic waves that reached Earth’s core and bounced back. AI & Media: An AI-assisted feature film, Hell Grind, screened in Bishkek after premiering at Cannes, with the plot spanning street thieves, an underworld, and feudal Japan. Japan Business/Markets: The yen slid past 161 per dollar to its weakest level since July 2024, while Japan’s finance chief said authorities are ready to act against excessive FX speculation.
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