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[Resolved][Severity: Major][Intrusion]

GAIN Capital Japan: an intrusion into the network behind FOREX.com may have exposed customer data

A third party got into the network of the company that runs the FOREX.com trading service, and customers' personal data may have been viewed.

Disclosed

2020-05-10

Organizations involved

1

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

  1. The company found that a third party had accessed its network and might have viewed customers' personal data. It cut access to the systems involved and began an investigation. [1]

  2. Public disclosure; customers were asked to change their passwords as a precaution. [1]

Impact

The company did not say which data items or how many customers were involved. [1]

Timeline

  1. Detected 2020-04-14
  2. Disclosed 2020-05-10
  3. 26 days

Attack or cause

Method
[Intrusion]
Impact
[Data leak]
Entry point
Unknown

Data exposed or at risk

–

Services hit

Organizations involved

Open in organization search

Sources

  1. [1][News]不正アクセスでFOREX.comの個人情報流出の可能性(ゲインキャピタル・ジャパン)ScanNetSecurity · 2020-05-13 08:00