Unauthorised access at Joshin may have exposed over 6 million personal data records
Japan’s Joshin suffered a cyber-attack that disrupted services and may have exposed more than 6 million personal data records, including names and addresses. Two driving licence images, one record of My Number Card information and five bank account numbers were also among the potentially exposed data. On 6 November, the president apologised and outlined measures to prevent a recurrence, including avoiding unnecessary retention of customer data.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Joshin
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Possible exposure of more than 6 million personal data records
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access resulting from an external cyber-attack
- Location
- Japan
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNameAddressID document copyBank account
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Timeline
- The cyber-attack on Joshin, service disruptions and possible data exposure became public.
- The president apologised for the possible exposure of more than 6 million personal data records and outlined measures to prevent a recurrence.
7 related reports
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- ジョーシン社長が会見で謝罪 不正アクセスで600万件超の個人情報流出のおそれ「顧客情報を不必要に保持しないように」再発防止策を説明
- ジョーシン「個人情報漏えい問題」で社長が謝罪 不正アクセスで最大600万件超の名前・住所が漏えいか 免許証画像2件・マイナカード情報1件・口座番号5件が漏えいした可能性も（関西テレビ）
- ジョーシン「個人情報漏えい問題」で社長が謝罪 不正アクセスで最大600万件超の名前・住所が漏えいか 免許証画像2件・マイナカード情報1件・口座番号5件が漏えいした可能性も
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- 当社システムへの不正アクセスによる個人情報漏えいのおそれについて（第2報）
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