Cybersecurity Meet the Japanese cybersecurity startup made mostly in India

Josys sells enterprises a defense against rising ransomware attacks

Yasukane Matsumoto, Josys chief executive, said his startup was "born from the beginning as a hybrid of India and Japan." (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Tsubasa Suruga, Josys and Reuters)

TOKYO -- The entry point for a ransomware attack last October that halted deliveries at one of Japan's largest distributors of office supplies was an account held by an outside contractor. Shared by several staff members, the account was not protected by multifactor authentication.