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Monex warns up to 1.13 million email addresses and ID images may have leaked

First reported · Last reported · 19 related reports

A breach of Japanese brokerage Monex's outsourced account-opening system may have exposed up to 1.13 million email addresses and 1,592 images of identity verification documents. The email address count includes duplicates and incomplete applications. The company blocked external connections and suspended some account-opening applications, and no related unauthorized transactions or losses of customer assets have been confirmed.

Key facts

Affected organization
Monex
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Possible exposure of up to 1.13 million email addresses and 1,592 images of identity verification documents
Cause / method
Unauthorized access to an outsourced account-opening system
Location
Japan

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Timeline

  1. The possible exposure of up to 1.13 million email addresses and 1,592 images of identity verification documents, along with the blocking of system access, was disclosed.
  2. The company said account numbers and login passwords were stored in a separate database and were unaffected.

19 related reports

The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organization’s official statements for accurate details.