Unauthorised access to Life app may have exposed 298 loyalty card records
Unauthorised access to Life's official app in Japan was found to have potentially exposed personal information associated with 298 loyalty cards to viewing. The information included names, addresses, dates of birth, telephone numbers, and electronic money and loyalty point balances. No card number leaks or fraudulent use were confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Life
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information associated with 298 loyalty cards may have been viewed
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised third-party access to the official app
- Location
- Japan
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNamePhone numberAddressDate of birth
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Timeline
- It became known that personal information associated with 298 loyalty cards may have been viewed through Life's official app.
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