WebMoney breach at outsourced system exposes prepaid payment numbers
A WebMoney system operated by an external contractor was breached, exposing some prepaid payment numbers. The operator suspended numbers at risk of fraudulent use. It said no users’ personal data had been leaked.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- WebMoney
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- 2026-11
- Scale of damage
- Some prepaid payment numbers exposed
- Cause / method
- Breach of a system operated by an external contractor
- Location
- Japan
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- The exposure of some WebMoney prepaid payment numbers and the suspension of numbers at risk of fraudulent use became public.
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