Uchicomi ransomware cyber-attack may have exposed over 140,000 accounts
Japanese property website Uchicomi confirmed that files had been encrypted and stolen in a ransomware cyber-attack following an investigation into a server outage in July. It disclosed that names, email addresses, dates of birth, addresses, telephone numbers and other information from up to 142,591 accounts may have been exposed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Uchicomi
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Possible exposure of personal information from up to 142,591 accounts
- Cause / method
- File encryption and theft in a ransomware cyber-attack
- Location
- Japan
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNameEmailDate of birthAddressPhone number
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Timeline
- An investigation into a server outage in July revealed ransomware damage and the possible exposure of personal information from up to 142,591 accounts.
- Further information emerged about the ransomware cyber-attack and the possible exposure of account information.
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