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Suntory cloud breach exposes data on around 100,000 people

First reported · Last reported · 17 related reports

A third party gained access to an external cloud service used by the Suntory Group and downloaded files containing personal information. Names, email addresses, contact details and other information relating to around 100,000 people were exposed, including group and partner company employees, job applicants, programme registrants and some customers. The company detected unusual activity on 28 October and blocked access, then began notifying affected individuals and reporting to supervisory authorities on 2 November; no misuse of the exposed information had been confirmed at the time of disclosure.

Key facts

Affected organisation
Suntory Holdings
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
2026-10-28
Scale of damage
Personal information of around 100,000 people, including employees, partner company staff, job applicants and some customers
Cause / method
Unauthorised access to an external business cloud service and downloading of files
Location
Japan

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Timeline

  1. The company detected unusual activity in an external cloud service and blocked access.
  2. The company announced a personal data breach affecting around 100,000 people and began notifying affected individuals and reporting to supervisory authorities.

17 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.