Okayama University: a lecturer's mail account was hijacked and sent about 1.5 million spam emails
The mail password of one Okayama University lecturer was stolen, and about 1.5 million spam emails went out from the address at the end of January; no data leak was found.
Disclosed
2020-02-28
Organizations involved
1
Leaked or at risk
Unknown
Downtime
Unknown
What happened
Impact
No reading of mail, leak of personal or other confidential data, or secondary damage was found. [1]
Timeline
- Disclosed 2020-02-28
- 1 days
Attack or cause
- Method
- [Credential abuse]
- Impact
- Entry point
- Stolen credentials
Data exposed or at risk
–
Organizations involved
[Breached][Moderate]Okayama, Okayama, KitaEducation and learning support
Okayama University
Sources
- [1][News]メールパスワード1件窃取、迷惑メール150万件送信(岡山大学)ScanNetSecurity · 2020-03-03 08:00
- [2][News]教員アカウント乗っ取られ150万通の迷惑メール、使いまわし原因か│岡山大学Cybersecurity.com · 2020-03-03