Japan
Japan’s Keio confirms ransomware attack disrupted business systems
Keio Corporation (Keio), a major private railway operator in Japan, said its network was hit by a ransomware attack over the weekend, disrupting some of its business systems. Following a system failure in the early hours of Saturday, the company confirmed the attack and shut down its network to prevent additional damage. The company said […]
Times Car confirms data breach affecting 6.6 million user accounts
Japanese car-sharing service Times Car has confirmed that approximately 6.6 million user accounts were compromised in a cyberattack disclosed late last week. The company announced the incident on September 25, saying that a third party had accessed its systems at the beginning of the month. Times Car took action to block the unauthorized access on […]
Japan’s Digital Agency says VPN flaw exposed 246,000 personnel records
Japan’s Digital Agency has discovered a data breach that may have exposed around 246,000 record rows containing personal information of government employees. The agency says that the attacker gained initial access by exploiting a vulnerability in a VPN device used by the Government Solution Service (GSS). An investigation started on June 25, after the agency […]
Sakura Internet hack exposes data of up to 1.36 million accounts
Japanese cloud and data center service provider Sakura Internet disclosed that hackers accessed its sales management system, where customer contract and membership information is stored. In an update today to the initial notification from Monday, the company says the incident may have impacted up to 1,360,563 member accounts. However, as the investigation continues, the exact number of […]
Japan’s largest taxi operator shuts systems after cyberattack
Japan’s largest taxi operator, Nihon Kotsu, announced that its systems were compromised in a cyberattack, forcing the company to shut down part of its infrastructure. The incident occurred over the weekend, early Saturday morning, and impacted operations, including the company’s taxi dispatch system, which remains offline as of today. Nihon Kotsu is Japan’s largest taxi […]
Telco giant KDDI says data breach affects over 12 million people
Japanese telecommunications giant KDDI revealed that millions of people had their email addresses and passwords exposed after attackers breached an email platform used by five internet service providers (ISPs) in the country. KDDI is the second-largest mobile telecommunications provider in Japan, with 45,000 employees and annual revenue of $32.4 billion. The company disclosed last month that it blocked […]
Insurance giant Aflac discloses data breach after subsidiary hack
American insurance giant Aflac has disclosed a new data breach after attackers breached its Japan subsidiary’s systems and stole personal and bank account information. Aflac (short for American Family Life Assurance Company) is a Fortune 500 company and the largest supplemental insurance provider in the United States, serving millions of customers in the U.S. and […]
Data breach exposes up to 14.2 million email logins at six ISPs
Japanese telecommunications operator KDDI Corporation disclosed a data breach where threat actors gained access to one of its email systems used by five other internet service providers (ISPs) in the country. The company says that it discovered the compromise on June 17 and responded immediately by blocking the attacker and implementing defense measures. The investigation […]
Japanese energy firm loses drive with data of 10.9 million clients
Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. has disclosed a physical security incident that affects private data of more than 10 million customers. In an official announcement, the company explains that the IT staff regularly performs backups to manage server storage. Due to capacity constraints, on April 27 an external storage device was used for the task. The drive […]
Mazda discloses security breach exposing employee and partner data
Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda) announced that information belonging to its employees and business partners had been exposed in a security incident detected last December. Mazda is one of Japan’s largest automotive manufacturers, with an annual production of 1.2 million vehicles and revenue of nearly $24 billion. The company said the attackers exploited a vulnerability in […]