January 4, 2016
ASIA / PACIFIC
THE ASIAN REPORTER n Page 3
Hello Kitty owner Sanrio says
fan-site security leak is fixed
THE 20TH
ANNUAL
JAPANESE
NEW YEAR
CELEBRATION
USHER IN THE YEAR OF THE MONKEY WITH
MOCHITSUKI
SUNDAY • JANUARY 31 • 11 AM – 4 PM
Enjoy taiko drumming, mochi-pounding,
and delicious Japanese food! Fun for the whole family!
By Kelvin Chan
AP Business Writer
ONG KONG — The Japanese company that
owns the Hello Kitty brand says it has fixed a
security leak in an online fan site for the
character that compromised the personal information of
3.3 million users.
Sanrio Co.’s digital arm said it “corrected” a security
vulnerability on the SanrioTown.com website and was
investigating. The leak was discovered by a security
researcher.
Hong-Kong-based Sanrio Digital said anyone who knew
the internet addresses of “specific vulnerable servers”
could have accessed personal information such as names
and birthdates. Passwords were also available but
encrypted.
However, it added that the data did not include credit
card or other payment details, and that no information
was stolen.
“We investigated the problem and applied fixes,
including securing the servers identified as vulnerable” by
the researcher, the company said in a security advisory
posted on the site.
The security researcher who identified the problem,
Chris Vickery, disputed Sanrio’s claim that information
was not accessed, since he used multiple IP addresses
himself to access data and confirm the vulnerability. He
also believes Sanrio would have discovered the problem
easily had it paid attention to its security practices.
SanrioTown.com is an online community for Hello Kitty
enthusiasts around the world operated by Sanrio Digital.
The site lets users play games, watch videos, and keep up
with news on their favorite cute character.
The site’s members include 186,261 minors, said Mark
Leeper, whose public-relations firm is representing
Sanrio Digital.
It’s the second internet security breach in the past
month involving a large amount of children’s data.
Kids’ technology maker VTech reported a data breach
that exposed the personal information of 6.4 million
children around the world as well as 4.9 million parent
ADVANCED
TICKETS: $4-$10
H
Buy online with no service fees at
www.boxofficetickets.com
TICKETS AT THE DOOR: $5-$12
Free for children under 3 and seniors 88 and older
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
Smith Memorial Student
Union (SMSU)
1825 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97201
For more information, visit www.mochipdx.org
You're Invited Party Rentals
Supplies for small gatherings & large special occasions
Tables
Chairs
Linens
China
Satin overlays
Serving items
And more!
SECURITY BREACH. A visitor poses with a Hello Kitty display while
having a souvenir picture taken during an exhibit of Hello Kitty and related
items, including interactive games, in Taipei, Taiwan, in this file photo. The
Japanese company that owns the Hello Kitty brand says it has fixed a se-
curity leak in an online fan site for the character that compromised the
personal information of 3.3 million users. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Serving Willamette Valley wine country & more
(503) 857-2706 w www.yourinvitedpartyrentals.com
accounts to which they were connected. British police
have arrested one man on hacking-related charges in that
case.
Sanrio Digital is a joint venture between Hong Kong
game developer Typhoon Games, which has a 70 percent
stake, and Sanrio, which owns the rest.
Door panel saves man buried 67 hours in China landslide
By Louise Watt
Tu Phan
B
Call for:
Refinances
Purchases
Offering:
FHA/VA/Conventional
Mortgages
NMLS # 81395
MLO # 7916
12550 S.E. 93rd Avenue
Suite 350
Clackamas, OR 97015
(503) 496-0531
<tphan@alpinemc.com>
<www. alpinemc.com >
Retirement Living
Liang Xu/Xinhua News Agency via AP
EIJING — Squeezed into a narrow room under
piles of debris for 67 hours, a young man was
saved by a door that trapped his foot but gave him
space to survive. Rescuers pulled him from the massive
mudslide that hit part of a major manufacturing city in
southern China.
In a feeble voice, migrant worker Tian Zeming, 21, told
rescuers his name and that another person was buried
near him, according to authorities. But medical and
rescue staff who went down into the rubble found the
second person had not survived.
One person was killed and 75 people are missing and
presumed dead after a mountain of construction-waste
material and mud collapsed and flowed into an industrial
park in Shenzhen. The city near Hong Kong makes
products ranging from cellphones to cars that are sold
around the world and attracts workers from all parts of
China.
State broadcaster CCTV reported that Tian underwent
surgery for a broken hand and on his foot, which had been
wedged against the door panel. It said he had been trying
to get out of his room when the building collapsed, and the
door panel created a space for him to survive.
Hospital boss Wang Guangming said Tian was in stable
condition, but was initially extremely weak and
dehydrated, and had several soft-tissue injuries and
multiple fractures, according to the official Xinhua News
Agency.
Xinhua reported that rescuers located Tian under-
ground at 3:30am and pulled him out of the collapsed
factory building three hours later. Firefighters had to
squeeze into the room and remove most of the debris by
hand to get to Tian, who is from Chongqing city in
southwestern China.
Residents have raised questions about why officials
didn’t act to stop the growing mountain of construction
waste, which they said they feared was dangerous.
The Ministry of Land and Resources said the steep
mountain of dirt, cement chunks, and other waste had
been piling up for two years.
Heavy rains made the soil heavy and unstable, causing
the pile to collapse with massive force.
State media reported that the New Guangming District
Jin Liangkuai/Xinhua News Agency via AP
The Associated Press
DISASTROUS DUMPSITE. A survivor is found last month at the
site of a landslide at an industrial park in Shenzhen, in south China’s
Guangdong province. Rescuers pulled a man out alive after he was
buried for 67 hours in the rubble. In the bottom photo, rescuers are
seen conducting searches for potential survivors at the landslide site.
government identified problems with the mountain of soil
months earlier.
The Legal Evening News said a district government
report in January found that the dump had received one
million cubic meters of waste and warned of a
“catastrophe.”
In a rare move, Shenzhen’s top officials, including the
city’s Communist Party chief and its mayor, bowed deeply
at a news conference in late December to apologize.
Despite the threat of prison time over major industrial
accidents, a lack of regulatory oversight and cost-cutting
by management often lead to deadly disasters.
C HAUCER C OURT
• A PARTMENTS ~ S TUDIO ,
O NE B EDROOM , AND
M OBILITY I MPAIRED
• F EDERAL R ENT
S UBSIDIES A VAILABLE
• N O B UY -I N OR
A PPLICATION F EES
• A FFORDABLE R ENT 30 % OF
A DJUSTED G ROSS I NCOME
• I DEAL U RBAN L OCATION
NEAR R ESTAURANTS P UBLIC
T RANSPORTATION , M EDICAL
F ACILITIES , & S HOPPING
503-224-3559
Come Visit Us and See Our
Newly Renovated Apartments!
1019 SW 10 TH A VE • P ORTLAND 97205