[Resolved][Severity: Moderate][Intrusion]

Newscom: the mail account of the Hechima culture venue was taken over and sent mass spam

The mail server of Hechima, a culture venue in Kofu, was accessed without authorization and the venue's address sent mass spam; no customer data leak was found.

Disclosed

2020-02-07 16:00

Organizations involved

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

On 2020-02-07 the venue found that its address info@hechima400.com had been misused to send large amounts of spam. It changed the password at once and regained control. [1] [2]

Impact

No leak of customer data was found. [1]

Timeline

Disclosed 2020-02-07
1 days

Attack or cause

Method: [Intrusion]
Impact
Entry point: Unknown

Data exposed or at risk

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Organizations involved

[Breached][Moderate]Yamanashi, KofuPersonal services and entertainment
Newscom Inc.

						Note
Newscom Inc.	[Breached]	[Moderate]	Yamanashi, Kofu	Personal services and entertainment	Unknown

Open in organization search

Sources

[1][Official]メールアカウント不正利用に関するお詫びとご報告Hechima · 2020-02-07 16:00
[2][News]「文化のるつぼへちま」メールアカウントに不正アクセス、大量の迷惑メール送信（ニュースコム）ScanNetSecurity · 2020-02-13 10:04