Reform Sangyo Shimbun: the Reform Books site was broken into, and 1,944 card records may have leaked

Card data entered at checkout from July 2019 to July 2020 may have been stolen.

Disclosed

2020-11-18

Organizations involved

Leaked or at risk

1.9K

1,944

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

2019-07-22
From this day to July 8, 2020, card data entered on the site could be sent out. [1]
2020-07-08
A card company raised the problem, and payments were stopped the same day. [1]
2020-08-31
The outside investigation ended. [1]
2020-10-13
The company consulted the police. [1]
2020-10-16
It reported to the Personal Information Protection Commission. [1]
2020-11-18
It began notifying affected customers by mail. [1]

Card data from 1,944 payments between July 22, 2019 and July 8, 2020 may have leaked. [1]

Service	Role	Impact level	Note
Reform Books	[Breached]	[Critical]

[Breached][Critical]Tokyo, ChuoInformation and communications1,944 leaked
Reform Sangyo Shimbun Co., Ltd.

						Note
Reform Sangyo Shimbun Co., Ltd.	[Breached]	[Critical]	Tokyo, Chuo	Information and communications	1,944