オープニング - 大竹まことゴールデンラジオ！currently outside the Japan top 100
【大久保佳代子】2026年10月23日 まさあき ＋ 今日のニュース（PHP欠陥 国内外でサイト停止／デジタル庁で情報漏洩／不正利用相次ぐ／生活保護 緩和検討）
On the October 23, 2026 edition of Opening — Otake Makoto Golden Radio! (オープニング - 大竹まことゴールデンラジオ！), Otake Makoto (大竹誠) shared the story of his 77-year-old high school classmate Masaaki (正明), who works seven days a week, sells paintings, and is planning a motorcycle camping trip. The show also covered a critical vulnerability in PHP — the programming language powering roughly 70% of the world's websites — which forced railways, banks, and government agencies across Japan to temporarily take down their sites, as well as an unauthorized-access incident at GMO Internet's FX auto-trading VPS service that left individual users facing losses of hundreds of thousands to several million yen.
What this episode answers
What kind of person is Otake's classmate Masaaki, and how is he living his life at 77?
Masaaki works two jobs simultaneously — traffic-control flagman for civil engineering projects and interior finishing work on building ceilings and walls — putting in seven days a week to earn just over ¥200,000 a month. He took up abstract painting after turning 70, produced more than 100 works, sold 103 of them at ¥1,000 each at a solo exhibition, and is now planning a book of his paintings; he also organizes reunion gatherings of 13–14 people every two to three months and is preparing a solo motorcycle-and-tent camping trip.
How far has Okubо Kayoko (大久保佳代子) recovered, and what symptoms does she still have?
Okubо reported that the pain from her illness has become 'considerably easier,' largely because sitting in chairs less during her recovery allowed her to heal significantly; however, hot flashes caused by her medication's side effects continue, sometimes occurring during the live broadcast, and they occasionally wake her at night, though they typically subside within a few minutes and she describes them as 'on the milder end.'
How serious was the PHP vulnerability, and what impact did it have domestically and internationally?
A critical-severity vulnerability was discovered in PHP, the language used by roughly 70% of the world's websites; the PHP Security Team rated it 'emergency' and released a patch on the night of the 21st (Japan time), prompting railways, banks, department stores, the Japan Tourism Agency, and local governments to take their sites offline between the 21st and 22nd, with ripple effects including the inability to use app-based payments, and government agencies in Europe and the United States took similar action.
What happened in the unauthorized-access incident targeting the FX auto-trading service, and how large was the damage?
Attackers obtained FX trading-account login credentials stored on servers of GMO Internet's 'Onamae.com Desktop Cloud' VPS service, then executed unauthorized trades, with multiple reports on X of individual losses ranging from hundreds of thousands to several million yen; GMO Internet announced the incident on October 22 and began sequentially shutting down all plan-tier servers from 4:00 a.m. on the 21st, with 26,739 servers potentially affected.
What is the situation with Typhoon No. 35, and what exchanges took place in the studio?
Typhoon No. 35 was approaching Okinawa with its effects expected to reach Honshu around Monday; Otake noted that a convenience store in Chiba had flooded three times this year and lamented that there was no room to enjoy autumn, while Okubо mentioned feeling an autumn breeze on a walk, drawing a playful rebuke from Otake and laughter in the studio.
Typhoon No. 35 and Okubo Kayoko's Return
The episode opened with Typhoon No. 35, currently bearing down on the Okinawa area with forecasts suggesting it would affect Honshu around Monday. With 35 named storms already this year, Otake remarked that a convenience store in Chiba had flooded three times and that it was impossible to feel any relaxed enjoyment of autumn. When Okubo mentioned that she had felt a pleasant autumn breeze on a walk, Otake immediately shot back, "This is no time for that — a typhoon is coming," drawing laughs from the studio.
Okubo Kayoko was back in the studio for the first time in roughly two months. She reported that the pain from her illness had become "considerably easier," crediting the fact that she sat in chairs far less during her recuperation as a major driver of her recovery. That said, she disclosed that hot flashes — a sudden, intense sensation of heat spreading through the body — caused by her medication's side effects were persisting and could strike even during a live broadcast. They typically pass within a few minutes, and she described them as "on the milder end," but they do wake her in the night on occasion. Co-host Ota, being of the same generation, expressed empathy and joked about kicking off winter blankets in the middle of the night because they were too hot, filling the studio with laughter.
Masaaki at 77: A Classmate's Indomitable Energy
After the show wrapped, Otake recounted how his high school classmate Masaaki had shown up unannounced outside the station and the two spent about 15 minutes over tea. Otake described Masaaki as "the poorest among my friends," yet at 77 the man juggles two jobs simultaneously: traffic-control flagman for civil engineering sites and interior finishing work — ceilings and walls — in buildings. He works every single day of the week, Monday through Sunday, pulling in just over ¥200,000 a month.
Masaaki took up abstract painting after turning 70 and has produced more than 100 works. He organized his own solo exhibition, where he sold 103 out of roughly 150 pieces at ¥1,000 each. The venue costs, however, he had Otake and other friends cover. Buoyed by the sales success, he is now planning to publish a book of his paintings — and it seems likely he will again lean on friends to fund it. On top of that, he single-handedly organizes a reunion gathering of 13 to 14 people every two to three months, hosting them at a favorite, no-frills izakaya.
He also told Otake, "Once all this is done, I'm heading out on a motorcycle trip, camping in a tent along the way." This despite a previous incident in Shikoku where he dropped the bike, broke his collarbone, and had to take the train home — apparently undeterred. He does have a painful condition in which weakened cells on the soles of his feet are causing calluses to form, yet his energy remains formidable. Otake said, "Seeing this guy makes me think I'm still going to be all right." Okubo was immediately smitten — "I want to meet him, please introduce us" — and listeners sent in messages saying Masaaki sounded like a perfect match for Okubo, filling the studio with more laughter.
PHP Vulnerability Shuts Down Sites at Home and Abroad
Drawing on an Asahi Shimbun report, the show turned to a critical vulnerability discovered in PHP, the programming language that underpins roughly 70% of the world's websites. The PHP Security Team classified the flaw as "emergency" on its severity scale — if exploited, it could enable data theft or site defacement — and released a patch on the night of October 21 (Japan time).
Organizations scrambled to respond, taking their sites offline between the evening of the 21st and the 22nd. The affected parties spanned a wide range: railways, banks, department stores, the Japan Tourism Agency, and local governments, among others. App-based payments were among the services disrupted, widening the impact on daily life. Government agencies in Europe and the United States took similar protective measures. Large-scale attacks exploiting the vulnerability were reportedly already underway. Otake commented, "If 70% of the world uses it, it's easy to exploit. Concentrating information in one place — like with My Number — makes it more dangerous, not less."
Individual Investors Hit by FX Auto-Trading Service Breach
Citing an ITmedia report, the show covered an unauthorized-access incident targeting "Onamae.com Desktop Cloud" (お名前.comデスクトップクラウド), a VPS service provided by GMO Internet for running FX auto-trading systems. Attackers obtained login credentials for FX trading accounts stored on the servers and executed trades without the account holders' knowledge, with numerous posts on X reporting losses ranging from hundreds of thousands to several million yen per person. GMO Internet announced the incident on October 22 and began sequentially shutting down servers across all service plans from 4:00 a.m. on the 21st; a total of 26,739 servers were identified as potentially affected. Otake reacted with surprise: "So it's not just big corporations — individual people are getting hurt too."
Takeaways
- Seventy-seven-year-old Masaaki — working seven days a week, selling paintings at his own exhibition, and planning a motorcycle camping trip — gave Otake a living reminder that life can be lived at full throttle even in poverty and old age.
- A critical PHP vulnerability affecting roughly 70% of the world's websites prompted emergency patches and widespread site shutdowns at railways, banks, and government agencies across Japan and overseas, disrupting everyday services.
- An unauthorized-access attack on GMO Internet's FX auto-trading VPS service exposed 26,739 servers and caused individual users losses of up to several million yen, underscoring that cyberattacks are hitting private citizens, not just large organizations.
This article is edited from a machine transcript of the first 30 minutes of the episode. It is not an official summary — please listen to the episode itself.