Unauthorised access to Furusato Choice exposes donor information
Unauthorised access to the hometown tax donation portal Furusato Choice resulted in the disclosure of donors’ and members’ personal information to an outside party. Its operator, Trustbank, issued a follow-up notice. Nakatsugawa, Soma and Maebashi cities issued precautionary guidance concerning the data leak.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Trustbank
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to Furusato Choice
- Location
- Japan
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Timeline
- Nakatsugawa City issued a notice about the data leak caused by unauthorised access to Furusato Choice and provided precautionary guidance.
- Trustbank issued its sixth notice concerning the disclosure of donor information to an outside party, while Soma City also urged caution over the leak of members’ personal information.
- Maebashi City issued precautionary guidance concerning the leak of personal information caused by unauthorised access.
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