Unauthorised access raises data leak concerns at Niigata environmental email service
Unauthorised access to the Niigata Prefecture environmental email service in Japan raised concerns that the personal information of approximately 750 subscribers may have been leaked. The service was temporarily suspended.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Niigata Prefecture
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Possible leak of personal information belonging to approximately 750 subscribers
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to the email distribution service
- Location
- Japan
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Timeline
- Unauthorised access was reported in part of the email distribution services provided by Niigata Prefecture.
- A possible leak of personal information belonging to approximately 750 environmental email subscribers and the temporary suspension of the service were reported.
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