CWS Japan: a mail account unused for about a year was accessed without authorization and used to send English emails with zip attachments to contacts

1. 2021-03-06

   Outside parties reported receiving suspicious email, and an investigation found that one mail account had been accessed without authorization. [1]

2. 2021-03-16

   The organization announced the case. It deleted the account, reset passwords, reported the damage to IPA and warned its contacts. [1]

The account had been unused for about a year. Through the access, about four English emails with zip attachments were sent to contacts. What the files contained is unknown. [1]

The cause is unknown and no leak was confirmed. [1]