Sony Life customer web service breach exposes over 3.2 million records
Systems including Sony Life’s customer web service were breached, exposing personal information related to insurance policies and disrupting related services, including the customer website and app. An initial investigation identified approximately 385,000 exposed customer records from Medicare Life policies sold by Sony Life as an agent, followed by approximately 2.9 million additional customer records related to insurance policies, bringing the total to over 3.2 million. Further investigation also confirmed the exposure of email addresses and identification numbers in approximately 780 records for agency sales representatives and approximately 12,500 employee records.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Sony Life
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Over 3.2 million customer records related to insurance policies, plus approximately 780 agency sales representative records and approximately 12,500 employee records
- Cause / method
- Unauthorized access to systems including the customer web service
- Location
- Japan
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNameDate of birthAddressPhone numberEmailUsage & purchase history
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Timeline
- The exposure of approximately 385,000 Medicare Life customer records and the suspension of related services became public.
- Sony Life confirmed the exposure of approximately 2.9 million additional customer records related to insurance policies, bringing the total to over 3.2 million.
- The additional exposure of email addresses and identification numbers in approximately 780 agency sales representative records and approximately 12,500 employee records was disclosed.
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