39,505 personal information records leaked from Yakult Honsha website
Unauthorised access to the website of Japan's Yakult Honsha resulted in the leak of 39,505 personal information records. Those affected included users of the enquiry form, members of a catering-related website, and media representatives, with names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, enquiry details, and some members' encrypted passwords among the information leaked. The company suspended the website and investigated the intrusion.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Yakult Honsha
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- 39,505 personal information records
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to the company's website
- Location
- Japan
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNameAddressPhone numberEmailPassword
- Change your password, and also change it on any other site where you use the same one. Turn on two-factor authentication if available.
- Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organisation’s official website or app.
Timeline
- An investigation into a website intrusion confirmed the leak of approximately 40,000 personal information records, and the site was reported to remain suspended.
- The number of leaked personal information records was specified as 39,505.
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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.