Unauthorised access at Yamada Denki may affect 3.5 million customer records
Unauthorised access was confirmed in Japanese retailer Yamada Denki’s renovation management system, raising the possibility that up to 3.5 million customer records may have been affected. The information includes names, addresses, telephone numbers, renovation histories and quotation records. The company has blocked external access and is investigating whether data was actually leaked externally and what caused the incident.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Yamada Denki
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Up to 3.5 million customer records potentially affected
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to the renovation management system
- Location
- Japan
Timeline
- It was disclosed that unauthorised access at Yamada Denki may have affected up to 3.5 million records.
- The company was reported to have blocked external access and to be investigating whether a leak had actually occurred and what caused the incident.
- Concerns continued over a potential leak of up to 3.5 million personal information records, including names, addresses and renovation histories.
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