Kasama City: the server for its staff emergency call-out mailing list had relayed spam since around May
A server run by the city relayed outside spam from around May to October 6. The city said it was looking into the cause.
Disclosed
2020-10-13
Organizations involved
1
Leaked or at risk
Unknown
Downtime
Unknown
What happened
The city found that the server for its staff emergency call-out mailing list had unintentionally relayed outside spam from around May to October 6. [1]
It asked anyone who received spam from the server to delete it without opening attachments or links. [1]
Timeline
- Detected 2020-10-06
- Disclosed 2020-10-13
- 7 days
Attack or cause
- Method
- [Unknown]
- Impact
- Entry point
- Unknown
Data exposed or at risk
–
Organizations involved
[Breached][Moderate]Ibaraki, KasamaMunicipality
Kasama City
Sources
- [1][News]市管理サーバが迷惑メールを不正中継 - 笠間市Security NEXT · 2020-10-13