Kyoto Prefecture confirms no applicant data leaked in October email service breach
Kyoto Prefecture and the city of Kyoto said that no information on World Masters Games volunteer applicants had leaked following unauthorised access to servers of the email distribution service blastmail in October. Names and email addresses in 288 application representative records were initially thought to have potentially leaked, but an investigation by an external specialist organisation completed on 11 November confirmed that no leak had occurred.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- RAKUS Light Cloud
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- 2026-10-21
- Scale of damage
- An investigation confirmed that 288 personal information records for representatives of volunteer applicants for the Games had not leaked
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access
- Location
- Japan
Timeline
- Kyoto Prefecture announced that no personal information concerning World Masters Games volunteers and others had leaked in connection with the unauthorised access.
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