In Japan, where trust in digital infrastructure is both assumed and carefully maintained, Sakura Internet — a cloud provider woven into the fabric of government operations — has disclosed that unauthorized access to a sales-management system may have touched the personal and financial records of up to 1.36 million customers. What began Monday as a contained report of 583 compromised accounts expanded dramatically by Wednesday, revealing a systemic vulnerability rather than an isolated intrusion. No data has been confirmed stolen, but for millions of people whose names, billing details, and con