Itabashi Medical Association: two mail accounts were accessed without authorization and sent a flood of spam
On January 22, two of the association's mail accounts were used as a stepping stone for spam. It suspended them and asked recipients to delete the mail unopened.
Disclosed
2021-01-28
Organizations involved
1
Leaked or at risk
Unknown
Downtime
Unknown
What happened
On January 22, two mail accounts the association uses were accessed without authorization and sent a large amount of spam. The association suspended the accounts. [1]
It asked anyone who received spam from its accounts to delete the whole message without opening links or attachments. [1]
Timeline
- Started 2021-01-22
- Disclosed 2021-01-28
- 6 days
Attack or cause
- Method
- [Credential abuse]
- Impact
- Entry point
- Unknown
Data exposed or at risk
–
Organizations involved
[Breached][Moderate]Tokyo, ItabashiMedical care and welfare
Itabashi Medical Association
Sources
- [1][News]メールアカウント2件に不正アクセス - 板橋区医師会Security NEXT · 2021-01-28