Nikkei Slack intrusion may have exposed data of over 17,000 people
Nikkei Inc. said an unauthorised login to its internal messaging platform Slack had occurred. The cause was the leak of Slack credentials due to a malware infection on an employee's personal PC. Names, email addresses and conversation logs of 17,368 employees and business partners may have been leaked.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Nikkei
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Possible leak of names, email addresses and conversation logs of 17,368 employees and business partners
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised login after Slack credentials were leaked through a malware infection on an employee's personal PC
- Location
- Japan
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Timeline
- Nikkei Inc. disclosed an unauthorised Slack login and the possible leak of personal information and conversation logs of 17,368 people.
5 related reports
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