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Japan's STEPGOLF breach may have exposed personal data and facial photographs

First reported · Last reported · 19 related reports

Unauthorised access to Japan's STEPGOLF business and booking systems was found to be highly likely to have led to the leak of database backups and other data containing personal information on members and free trial applicants. A second notice on 10 November identified 114,605 personal information records as potentially affected, with around 107,000 facial photographs and around 12,000 bank account records subsequently included. The data may include names, addresses, telephone numbers, lesson records and unencrypted bank account information, and the actual number of leaked records remains under investigation.

Key facts

Affected organisation
STEPGOLF
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Potential leak of 114,605 personal information records, around 107,000 facial photographs and around 12,000 bank account records
Cause / method
Unauthorised access to business and booking systems, potentially resulting in the external leak of database backups and other data
Location
Japan

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Timeline

  1. STEPGOLF announced unauthorised access to its business and booking systems and a possible leak of database backups, identifying up to 215,000 registration records as potentially affected.
  2. In its second notice, STEPGOLF said that 114,605 personal information records, facial photographs, bank account information and other data were potentially affected.
  3. Around 107,000 facial photographs and around 12,000 bank account records were also reported to be potentially exposed.
  4. Personal information, including that of former members, was reported to be highly likely to have leaked, with the actual extent of the leak still under investigation.

19 related reports

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