Man arrested in Japan over unauthorized shopping with acquaintance's electronic payment account
A 31-year-old man from Miyagi Prefecture was arrested in Japan on suspicion of accessing an acquaintance's electronic payment account without authorization to purchase goods. The victim said the transaction history included payments they had not made.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Unauthorized access to an acquaintance's electronic payment account to purchase goods
- Location
- Japan
Timeline
- It emerged that a 31-year-old man from Miyagi Prefecture had been arrested on suspicion of accessing an acquaintance's electronic payment account without authorization to shop.
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