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The number of personal information leaks from companies listed on Japanese stock exchanges, as well as their subsidiaries, rose by 30 percent in 2021 from the previous year to a record 137 cases, according to a corporate research agency.
The number of personal information leaks from companies listed on Japanese stock exchanges, as well as their subsidiaries, rose by 30% in 2021 from the previous year.
The number of personal information leaks from companies listed on Japanese stock exchanges, as well as their subsidiaries, rose by 30 percent in 2021 from the previous year to a record 137 cases, according to a corporate research agency. Tokyo Shoko Research said in a report that over 50 percent…
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One of Japan’s most widely used dating apps recently suffered a cyberattack, potentially exposing the personal information of close to 2 million people, a new report from Bloomberg shows.
Omiai (which translates to “matchmaking” in English) is a popular dating service wherein men must pay a monthly fee — ¥3,980, or $47 — while women are allowed to set up accounts for free. The app, which has close to 7 million users, is run by the media company Net Marketing Co.
On Monday, the firm disclosed that on April 28, someone had gained unauthorised access to several of its servers that house data related to Omiai users’ age verification data. It’s unclear just how many accounts were accessed, though the nature of the data exposed seems pretty sensitive: users’ ages, photo ID, driver’s licence, passports, and insurance cards were all apparently included in the breach. Credit card data was specifically not leaked in the hack, the company said.
Tokyo: The personal data of more than a million users of one of Japan’s most popular dating apps may have been exposed by a hack, its operator has warned.
Net Marketing Co, which runs the Omiai app, said it detected unauthorised access in April to the server that stores member information.
“We have learnt that it is very likely that some member information was leaked due to unauthorised access, ” the company said.
Images of driving licences and passports that had been submitted for age verification were among the data compromised between April 20 and 26, the company added.
It said 1.71 million users were affected, including some no longer registered with the service.
published : 24 May 2021 at 15:45 One of Japan's top dating apps has warned the data of over a million users may have been compromised by hackers.
TOKYO: The personal data of more than a million users of one of Japan's most popular dating apps may have been exposed by a hack, its operator has warned.
Net Marketing Co, which runs the Omiai app, said it detected unauthorised access in April to the server that stores member information.
"We have learnt that it is very likely that some member information was leaked due to unauthorised access," the company said in a statement.
Images of driving licences and passports that had been submitted for age verification were among the data compromised between April 20-26, the company added.
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Popular Japanese dating app Omiai has reportedly been hacked, with the personally identifiable data of almost two million users most likely exposed.
According to reports the company that runs the app - Net Marketing Co - has notified the public of multiple unauthorized incursions into its servers during April this year.
During those incursions, the (still unknown) attackers made away with user names, photographs, as well as data from ID cards, driver’s licenses and passports, which were mandatory during registration, for KYC (know your customer) purposes.
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The personal data of more than a million users of one of Japan’s most popular dating apps may have been exposed by a hack, its operator has warned.
Net Marketing Co, which runs the Omiai app, said it detected unauthorised access in April to the server that stores member information.
“We have learnt that it is very likely that some member information was leaked due to unauthorised access,” the company said in a statement.
Images of driving licences and passports that had been submitted for age verification were among the data compromised between April 20-26, the company added.
It said 1.71 million users were affected, including some no longer registered with the service.