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Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 23, 2021
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;

Inventor:

Satoru Yanagi, Obu, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/1441 (2013.01); H04L 63/205 (2013.01);
Abstract

A communication device may comprise a controller, wherein the controller may be configured to: receive alert information from a security monitoring device different from the communication device, the alert information indicating that an attack on an intranet to which the communication device belongs was detected; and in a case where the alert information is received from the security monitoring device, execute a security process for increasing security of the communication device. The security process may include at least one of: a process of shifting an operation mode of the communication device from a normal mode to a prohibition mode, the normal mode allowing receipt through inbound communication, and the prohibition mode prohibiting the receipt through the inbound communication; a process of deleting data in a memory of the communication device; and a process of encrypting data in the memory of the communication device.


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