Japan Post: unauthorized access to one of its mail domains sent about 4,000 unwanted emails
A mail domain held by Japan Post, @jp-international.jp, was accessed without authorization and about 4,000 unintended emails were sent.
Disclosed
2020-02-14
Organizations involved
1
Leaked or at risk
Unknown
Downtime
Unknown
What happened
From to , about 4,000 unintended emails were sent from addresses on the @jp-international.jp domain. Japan Post noticed on the 7th, changed the password and blocked outside access. [1]
Response
The company said it was investigating the cause with experts. [1]
Timeline
- Disclosed 2020-02-14
- 1 days
Attack or cause
- Method
- [Intrusion]
- Impact
- Entry point
- Unknown
Data exposed or at risk
–
Organizations involved
[Breached][Moderate]Tokyo, ChiyodaTransport and postal services
Japan Post Co., Ltd.
Sources
- [1][News]保有ドメインへ不正アクセス、迷惑メール送信の踏み台に（日本郵便）ScanNetSecurity · 2020-02-18 10:00