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Hackers Take Over Accounts at Japan Securities Firms, Make Illicit Stock Trades in Apparent Bid to Raise Prices

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By Moe Hamada and Ryohei Fuji / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers

17:48 JST, April 16, 2025

A series of crimes has occurred in which hackers took over individual investors’ accounts with securities companies and made illegal stock trades.

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