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[Resolved][Severity: Moderate][Credential abuse]

Fukuchiyama City Hospital: a hijacked email account sent large amounts of spam

One of the hospital's email accounts was accessed without authorization and sent spam in bulk from the evening of 11 January to the morning of the 14th.

Disclosed

2020-01-17

Organizations involved

1

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

  1. The hijacked account began sending spam in bulk. [1]

  2. Sending stopped around this time and the hospital shut the account down. [1]

  3. The hospital asked recipients to delete, unopened, any mail from that address in the period. [1]

Timeline

  1. Disclosed 2020-01-17
  2. 1 days

Attack or cause

Method
[Credential abuse]
Impact
Entry point
Unknown

Data exposed or at risk

–

Organizations involved

Open in organization search

Sources

  1. [1][Official]【注意喚起】当院からのメールを受け取った方へFukuchiyama City Hospital · 2020-01-17