Around 8,200 records leaked from Oita childcare support programme
This is a follow-up report on a data leak involving Japan's Oita Prefecture childcare support programme, the Oita Childcare Support Passport, which the prefecture became aware of on 21 October. Unauthorised access to blastmail, the email distribution service used by the contracted operator, was confirmed to have resulted in email addresses being leaked externally.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Oita Prefecture
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- 2026-10-21
- Scale of damage
- Around 8,200 records related to the childcare support programme
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to the email delivery system
- Location
- Japan
If your data was exposed
- Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organisation’s official website or app.
Timeline
- A leak of around 8,200 records from Oita Prefecture's childcare support programme became known.
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