The man accused of hacking other people¡¯s computers to make a series of violent threats in 2012 maintained his ¡°absolute innocence¡± as his trial opened Wednesday at the Tokyo District Court.
Yusuke Katayama, a former employee of a Tokyo information technology company, was arrested in February 2013 on suspicion of remotely manipulating other people¡¯s computers to threaten violence, including mass murder, causing severe business obstructions.
The threats included killing kindergartners and ¡°otaku¡± participants in an amateur manga market event. In one instance, Katayama allegedly announced he would bomb a New York-bound Japan Airlines jet, prompting the carrier to halt a flight halfway, costing JAL ?9.75 million.
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