Good Life Company: a mail account was broken into and used to send spam
A mail account of the real estate company was hijacked and used to send spam. The mail service provider alerted the company.
Disclosed
2020-10-29
Organizations involved
1
Leaked or at risk
Unknown
Downtime
Unknown
What happened
On October 22, the company's mail service provider told it that one of its mail accounts had been accessed without permission and used to send spam. [1]
The company changed the password and scanned all staff PCs, finding no infection. It asked recipients to delete suspicious mail from its domain without opening it. [1]
Timeline
- Detected 2020-10-22
- Disclosed 2020-10-29
- 7 days
Attack or cause
- Method
- [Credential abuse]
- Impact
- Entry point
- Unknown
Data exposed or at risk
–
Organizations involved
[Breached][Moderate]Fukuoka, Fukuoka, HakataReal estate and rental
GLC GROUP Co., Ltd.
Sources
- [1][News]メルアカに不正アクセス、スパム送信の踏み台に - グッドライフカンパニーSecurity NEXT · 2020-10-29