Fujisawa City: the Oishii Fujisawa-san site run by a contractor was hijacked to send about 13,000 spam messages

1. 2020-08-19

   Large numbers of messages sent from the site's inquiry address bounced back as undeliverable, and the contractor closed the site. [1] [2]

2. 2020-08-20

   The contractor told the city's agriculture and fisheries section it had closed the site over a possible intrusion, then reported that it had restored the site from backup and reopened it. [1] [2]

3. 2020-08-21

   The city told the contractor to keep the site closed until the cause was known. [2]

4. 2020-08-24

   Mail was found to still be going out on and off. The server management firm changed the mail password, and the sending stopped. [1] [2]

5. 2020-08-27

   The contractor confirmed spam had been sent through an intrusion, and the city disclosed the case. [1] [2]

About 13,000 spam messages in foreign languages went out, 95% of them abroad. The site held no personal data, so nothing leaked, and the city's main website was not affected. [1] [2]