Bic Camera contractor breach exposes 15.2 million customer records
SpilloverSpillover from the another organization incident · View original incident →Unauthorized access at a Bic Camera contractor was confirmed to have exposed 15.2 million customer records belonging to newsletter recipients. The incident was linked to a breach of Arara's email distribution system. A separate leak of 133,039 records from a corporate customer inquiry form was distinguished from this email distribution system incident.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Bic Camera
- Original incident
- Massive leaks of Japanese companies' customer information and email addresses
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- 15.2 million customer records belonging to newsletter recipients
- Cause / method
- Unauthorized access to contractor Arara's email distribution system
- Location
- Japan
If your data was exposed
- Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organization’s official website or app.
Timeline
- Bic Camera was identified as one of the companies affected by the data leak.
- Unauthorized access at a contractor was confirmed to have exposed 15.2 million customer records belonging to newsletter recipients.
- The email distribution system breach and the leak of corporate customer inquiry form information were identified as separate incidents.
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