Nissan Financial Services faces possible leak of up to 236,000 customer records
A breach of the business systems of a roadside assistance contractor for Japan’s Nissan Financial Services raised concerns that up to approximately 236,000 customer records may have been leaked. The information concerned may include names, addresses, contact details, email addresses, vehicle information and records of accident and breakdown reports. Other companies using the same contractor were also reported to be affected.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Nissan Financial Services
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Possible leak of up to approximately 236,000 customer records
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to a roadside assistance contractor’s business systems
- Location
- Japan
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Exposed dataNameAddressPhone numberEmailUsage & purchase history
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Timeline
- A possible leak of up to approximately 236,000 customer records following a breach of the contractor’s systems was disclosed.
- Other companies using the same contractor were also reported to be affected.
Also affected by this incident
Unauthorised access at Nissan contractor may have exposed 74 personal information records
↳ Knock-on damage from the Nissan Financial Services incident · View original incident74Impact: Possible leak of 74 personal information records
A cyber-attack on a Nissan contractor may have resulted in a leak of customers' personal information. The suspected leak reported on 13 November involved 74 personal information records.
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