DDoS attack disrupts Japan's NTT Docomo for about 12 hours
Japan's NTT Docomo was hit by a DDoS attack on January 2, 2025, disrupting access to its website, portal and some payment services for about 12 hours. Core mobile services were not affected.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- NTT Docomo
- Incident type
- DDoS
- Occurred / detected
- 2025-01-02
- Scale of damage
- Access to website, portal and some payment services disrupted for about 12 hours
- Cause / method
- DDoS attack
- Location
- Japan
Timeline
- NTT Docomo was hit by a DDoS attack that disrupted access to its website, portal and some payment services.
- It emerged that the disruption lasted about 12 hours and that core mobile services were not affected.
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Impact: Customer information associated with up to 294,839 lines exposed
Unauthorized external access to NTT Docomo's online store and My docomo exposed customer information associated with up to 294,839 lines. The attacker exploited the way multiple systems were interconnected to query and obtain information in bulk, with the exposed data including names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, identity document numbers, contract information and some bank account information. The company suspended the affected services on November 5, conducted an investigation and recovery work, and considered compensation payments to victims. The ahamo website and some My docomo services resumed on November 9.
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