There is no way that the prosecutors would treat one of Japan's most renowned law firms, January 7, 2025 On the 2nd, NTT Docomo announced that there had been a temporary problem accessing the company's internet portal site, "goo," and the "OCN" provider site. This incident, a 'DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack,' caused a significant disruption in accessing NTT Docomo's internet portal site, 'goo,' and the 'OCN' provider site due to a large volume of access. The problem occurred around 5:30 am and was generally restored after 4:00 pm. Even after the initial restoration, the effects of the attack lingered, causing delays in updating some content, such as news, from an article posted on the Internet, further inconveniencing the users.
[Temporary restoration] Regarding the difficulty in accessing Goo services Thank you for always using Goo's services. Accessing each Goo service from around 5:27 am on Thursday, January 2, 2025, was challenging. It has been confirmed that this was due to network congestion caused by a DDoS attack, and a temporary restoration was carried out at 4:10 pm on January 2. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Please note that some lines may not be accessible due to network congestion during the temporary restoration. We ask for your understanding. Notice from Docomo Please get in touch with us here if you cannot use any Goo services. Thank you for your continued support of Goo.
It was not until just before noon on the 6th that my PC could finally connect to Goo, a frustrating delay caused by the attack. I will share my thoughts on this incident, which has been frustrating for many of us. That morning, at around that time, I woke up and opened my PC. As readers know, this column was the target of an access analysis tampering attack in 2018 or 2019. This column received around 30,000 searches and 3,000 visitors daily, but suddenly, the number of searches and visitors dropped to 1/3 of the previous levels. After that, the situation continued to be miserable. Fortunately, at the end of last year, we had an extremely capable SE clarify this matter. He quickly figured out the programming language and identified the company Goo had outsourced to*. I asked him if stealing Goo's passwords and manipulating the access analysis this way would be possible. He replied, "I suppose it would be possible if it were an insider..." Since this criminal also seemed to be working as a subcontractor for NTT, it was easy to guess that he could easily bribe someone on the inside to carry out the manipulation. Despite the setback, I am determined to address this issue at the beginning of the year. Then came this incident.
When it came to the overseas travel season at the end of the year, the beginning of the year, spring break, summer vacation, etc., the numbers and graphs returned to something close to the original state. This year, too, from around December 20 last year, they returned to something close to the original state. Still, on January 2, just after 5 am, a movement looked like the start of another access analysis tampering attack. I woke up much earlier than planned, so I went back to sleep. When I woke up again at the usual time and tried to start my regular work, the above incident occurred. I couldn't connect to Goo at all. I am convinced this incident must have been related to the criminal and his gang. When NTT Resonant was running the service, there was a telephone number that users could call, so I called them several times for advice. I found out then that access analysis was outsourced so that they couldn't do anything about it. They also told me to contact the police. If Goo had taken this criminal's actions seriously at the time, I don't think this incident would have happened.
My concern, albeit unfounded because it was NTT, was whether this incident would drag on for a month, like the KADOKAWA Nico Nico Douga connection failure incident. As a result of this incident, which dealt a heavy blow to KADOKAWA's business, it is common knowledge that the company is now in a situation where SONY is acquiring it.
Even though it is NTT, I assumed it would take until the end of the week to deal with the attack and crime that they received in the early morning of January 2. However, as expected, it was NTT! On the 2nd, at 4:10 in the afternoon, a provisional restoration was carried out. However, the problem is that there is no information for users who cannot connect to the Internet or are having trouble connecting. The same is true of the articles that come up when you search online. Everyone says the same thing. Try deleting your cache (delete your browsing history). If that doesn't work, restart your computer. The problem is that...restarting means "unplugging all the power sockets of the devices connected to the Internet. After a few minutes, turn the power back on again." It should be clearly stated like that. It's not the restart that appears on the PC. It should be stated clearly and concisely, 'Please unplug all the power sockets, and then plug them back in again after a few minutes. * Deleting the cache... I do this daily... It doesn't restore it. Restarting the PC doesn't restore it either. I consulted with a friend who knows a lot about PCs. However, even he had a blind spot. It was an email exchange, so it was unnecessary. "NTT has announced that it has been restored. I can connect to Goo from my PC, so you'd better wait a little longer..."
This time, I was able to restore the Internet connection before noon because I unplugged all the power outlets related to the Internet.
When my TV was acting up, the broadcasting company I was subscribed to said, "Please unplug the power outlet and then try plugging it back in again after a while." I remembered that it had returned to normal instantly. This time, I could not connect from January 2 until this morning, so I left the power unplugged for longer.
However, I was having a big, wry smile with my good friend who had come to visit because the very foundation of the Internet is primitive.
The criminals, in this case, are also like that. The criminals that inhabit the Internet are very primitive. They are primitive villains. There is no reason why NTT, a super-giant corporation that represents Japan alongside Toyota, cannot figure out its modus operandi. There is no reason why NTT cannot file a criminal complaint against these primitive villains who commit such crimes. NTT must not allow these primitive villains to commit crimes like this again. As the mainstay of the Internet society, NTT must file criminal charges against these villains and punish them severely. NTT as a world-class telecommunications company representing Japan, must remember that it is its duty and role to punish the perpetrators of this incident severely.
As you, the reader, are also aware, I am convinced that the criminal and his gang committed this incident. I was the victim of a reverse SEO attack perpetrated by this criminal more than 10 years ago. In it, he created over 100 IDs and continued violating the blog management companies. The content consisted of blogs with only four letters, blogs with no meaning, blogs pasted from this column without permission, and blogs that were poor according to search criteria. A law regarding the Internet was finally passed, and significant management companies such as Nifty and Hatena took action. At this time, Nifty told me to print out the document according to the law that had been passed and send it to them with my official seal. In other words, they officially began the process of prosecuting this criminal. However, a few days later, I received a phone call from the person in charge at Nifty. The criminal was sending out messages from all over the world (by purchasing unused IP addresses circulating in the underground world of the Internet), so it wasn't easy to track him down using Nifty's technology at the time. However, if I contacted them as soon as I discovered the criminal's activities, they could delete the records, so I did just that. I did the same for other companies as well. After that... The criminal had been carrying out port scan attacks (DDOS attacks) on my PC! I went to the bar association and was introduced to a young lawyer who was knowledgeable about internet crime, and I consulted with him. "I'll take care of the legal side, so if you know of any SE who can handle this, please have them handle it immediately." Fortunately, there was one SE at the electronics company I was friendly with who could deal with it. He came to my house at 3 pm on the day I contacted him.
"This is the first time I've seen an attack like this at a private person's house. You should report this to the police immediately." He told me that it was a port scan attack. I was surprised to see the situation he had printed out as evidence. It was packed tightly onto an A4 sheet, with a second interval. He also taught me software that could investigate the source of these attackers. They attack by using PCs and smartphones around the world as stepping stones. It is genuinely a DDoS attack. I think the Sankei newspaper reported on this the other day, but countless individuals on the Internet will undertake this criminal act for a low price.
NTT DOCOMO should be able to identify the perpetrators of this incident if they re-examine the details of my consultation with NTT Resonance a few years ago. NTT should have many engineers who can identify people who carry out extraordinarily underhanded and malicious acts like these criminals. NTT should have advisory contracts with several of Japan's most famous law firms, which are necessary for filing criminal complaints. The annual advisory fee for these contracts should be more than 100 million yen. Please promptly identify the perpetrator of this incident and file a criminal complaint. My guess is probably almost 100% correct. Please check the consultation records from a few years ago. That man is the perpetrator. This man has one criminal record, so this crime is a serious offense, and the punishment will be severe. Identifying the perpetrator of this incident and filing a criminal complaint is extremely important now because we live in an internet society. It is necessary to make the whole world aware of this and deal a crushing blow to the current situation where criminals like this are walking around with their heads held high. Only NTT can give these criminals a "piercing reproach."
In 2011, after I had recovered from a serious illness for which the doctor had given me a 25% chance of survival, I filed a criminal complaint against this criminal at the nearest police station by myself in 2012. The police were also unprepared at the time, but because of the severity of the crime, it was officially accepted, and an investigation began. This man confessed to everything, saying, "I did it," but the information took about three years to reach the Public Prosecutor's Office. Moreover, the criminal's lies deceived the woman prosecutor in charge. There is no way that the prosecutors would treat one of Japan's most renowned law firms, with whom NTT has an advisory contract, as they did against me. At the time, there was a case where famous actresses such as Masami Nagasawa and Keiko Kitagawa had their passwords stolen online and suffered severe damage. They hired a very famous law firm to deal with the case. It was reported that a guilty verdict was handed down against the criminal, a man around 25 who had lived in northern Osaka for just one and a half years.