Japan’s Cabinet Office Okinawa project: possible data leak affecting 5,973 entrants
A rented server used by a subcontractor for the Japanese Cabinet Office’s OKINAWA41 promotional project for Okinawa was accessed without authorization through malware. It was disclosed that phone numbers, email addresses and some submitted images belonging to 5,973 contest entrants may have been leaked.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Cabinet Office of Japan
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Possible exposure of personal information belonging to 5,973 contest entrants
- Cause / method
- Unauthorized access through malware to a subcontractor’s rented server
- Location
- Japan
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Timeline
- The possible leak of personal information belonging to 5,973 OKINAWA41 contest entrants was disclosed.
- Further information emerged about the possible personal data leak involving the Japanese Cabinet Office’s Okinawa promotional project.
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