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Kirin Group campaign tool breach exposes 1,950 participation records

First reported · Last reported · 10 related reports

OWNLY, an external social media campaign tool used by three companies under Kirin Holdings, was breached, exposing a total of 1,950 campaign participation records. The exposed information included LINE display names, X usernames and some email addresses, with 350 records classified as personal information. Kirin Brewery and Kirin Beverage accounted for 1,825 exposed participation records, of which 329 were confirmed to contain personal information.

Key facts

Affected organisation
Kirin Holdings
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
1,950 campaign participation records exposed, including 350 records containing personal information
Cause / method
Unauthorised access to OWNLY, a social media campaign management tool operated by a contractor
Location
Japan

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Timeline

  1. It was disclosed that unauthorised access to a contractor had exposed 1,950 campaign participation records from three companies under Kirin Holdings.
  2. It was confirmed that 350 of the records exposed across the group contained personal information, including LINE display names, X usernames and some email addresses.

10 related reports

The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organisation’s official statements for accurate details.