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Japan's Times Car hack exposes information of up to 948,500 members

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Japanese car-sharing service Times Car was hacked, exposing information belonging to up to 948,500 members. Former members' driving licences were also leaked, prompting concerns about a policy of keeping data for seven years after membership ends. Times Car decided to provide users with compensation worth ¥3,000, while victims pursued a class action lawsuit.

Key facts

Affected organisation
Times Car
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Information of up to 948,500 members
Cause / method
External hacking
Location
Japan

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    Timeline

    1. Victims of the data breach prepared to bring legal proceedings.
    2. The leak of information belonging to up to 948,500 members and the seven-year data retention policy became known.
    3. Leaks of former members' driving licences and theft of reward points came to light.
    4. Times Car announced its policy on compensating users for the data breach.
    5. Times Car's losses relating to the data breach were reported to be ¥5.5 billion.
    6. The class action lawsuit was reported to have 130,000 participants, and establishing a causal link between the data breach and large charges incurred by some victims emerged as an issue.

    10 related reports

    The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organisation’s official statements for accurate details.