Osaka after-school programme may have exposed 415 personal information records
Up to 415 personal information records, including the names, schools attended and telephone numbers of children and their guardians, may have been leaked from Osaka’s Ikiiki after-school programme. An employee fell victim to a technical support scam, and similar incidents had occurred before.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- City of Osaka
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Potential exposure of up to 415 personal information records of children and their guardians
- Cause / method
- Technical support scam targeting an employee
- Location
- Japan
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Timeline
- It became known that up to 415 personal information records of children and their guardians may have been leaked from Osaka’s Ikiiki after-school programme after an employee fell victim to a technical support scam.
3 related reports
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Unauthorised access to Arara’s external email distribution service resulted in the leak of 1,078,713 email addresses belonging to users of Osaka’s online administrative system. Email addresses of users and participating merchants in a separate gift voucher programme were also exposed. The City of Osaka urged residents to watch out for suspicious emails impersonating local authorities.
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