DHC Japan online store breach alters information in 5,096 member accounts
Unauthorized access to DHC’s official Japanese online store resulted in information being altered in 5,096 member accounts. The company identified 27 suspicious orders and 71 fraudulent registrations, and up to 5,520 records of member and purchase information, including shipping addresses, may have been viewed. The company said it was addressing vulnerabilities and restoring information, had canceled the affected orders and registrations, and had found no confirmed external data leak.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- DHC
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Information altered in 5,096 member accounts; up to 5,520 records of member and purchase information potentially viewed
- Cause / method
- Unauthorized access to the online store
- Location
- Japan
Timeline
- Alterations to member information, suspicious orders, and fraudulent registrations were disclosed, and the company began restoring information and canceling the orders and registrations.
- A follow-up update on the unauthorized access incident involving DHC’s e-commerce site was released.
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