Japan's Tsukaeru.net leaks customer data, loses data during server restoration
Unauthorised access to the customer portal of Japanese cloud and hosting provider Tsukaeru.net led to confirmed customer data leaks and server manipulation. Some shared servers were also compromised, and during restoration from backups, website update data and sent and received emails from after 2 November to the early hours of the 7th were lost. Tsukaeru.net is investigating the items and scale of the leak and is also checking the impact on 127 related VPSs.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Tsukaeru.net
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Customer data leak and loss of website update data and sent and received emails on some shared servers
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to the customer portal and some shared servers; data loss from backup restoration
- Location
- Japan
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Timeline
- Tsukaeru.net disclosed unauthorised access to its customer portal and a customer data leak, and it was also confirmed that website changes and emails were lost while restoring some shared servers.
- The lost data was identified as website updates and sent and received emails from after 2 November to the early hours of the 7th, and 127 related VPSs were included in the impact investigation.
- The investigation into the items and scale of the customer data leak continued.
6 related reports
- 【重要・速報】不正アクセスおよびお客様情報の漏えいに関するお詫びとご報告
- 使えるねっと(使えるポータル)情報漏洩・不正アクセス事案
- 使えるねっと(使えるポータル)Data breach / unauthorized access incident
- Tsukaeru.net says its customer portal was breached, and some shared servers were rolled back
- 使えるねっとに不正アクセス、顧客情報の漏えいが判明。共有サーバーは11月2日時点へ巻き戻り、直近の更新とメールは消失
- 使えるねっとに不正アクセス 使えるポータルの顧客情報が漏えい 共有サーバーでメールも消失
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