DHC Japan online store breach alters information in 5,096 member accounts
Unauthorised access to DHC’s official Japanese online store resulted in information being altered in 5,096 member accounts. The company identified 27 suspicious orders and 71 fraudulent registrations, and up to 5,520 records of member and purchase information, including delivery addresses, may have been viewed. The company said it was addressing vulnerabilities and restoring information, had cancelled the affected orders and registrations, and had found no confirmed external data leak.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- DHC
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Information altered in 5,096 member accounts; up to 5,520 records of member and purchase information potentially viewed
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to the online store
- Location
- Japan
Timeline
- Alterations to member information, suspicious orders, and fraudulent registrations were disclosed, and the company began restoring information and cancelling the orders and registrations.
- A follow-up update on the unauthorised access incident involving DHC’s e-commerce site was released.
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