Bleu Claire: the payment application of its cosmetics online shop was tampered with, and credit card data of 1,863 people may have leaked and been misused
A vulnerability was exploited to tamper with the payment application. Card data of 1,863 people from about ten months may have leaked and been misused.
Disclosed
2021-05-24
Organizations involved
1
Leaked or at risk
1.9K
1,863
Downtime
Unknown
What happened
From this day, card data may have begun to be stolen through the tampered payment application. [1] [2]
A credit card company pointed out a concern about leaked card data. The shop stopped card payments that day and had a third-party body investigate. Card data used up to this day was affected. [1] [2]
The investigation was completed and the report received. [1] [2]
It reported to the Personal Information Protection Commission. [1] [2]
It began apologizing to and informing the customers concerned by email. [1] [2]
Impact
The card names, numbers, expiry dates and security codes of 1,863 people who paid by card on the Bleu Claire website between March 30, 2020 and January 29, 2021 may have leaked and been misused. The company is monitoring transactions on the cards that may have leaked together with the card companies, and asked customers to check for charges they do not recognize. [1] [2]
Timeline
- Started 2020-03-30
- Detected 2021-01-29
- Disclosed 2021-05-24
- 420 days
Attack or cause
- Method
- [Web app exploit]
- Impact
- [Data leak]
- Entry point
- Web app
Data exposed or at risk
Services hit
Organizations involved
[Breached][Critical]Tokyo, ShibuyaWholesale and retail trade1,863 leaked
Bleu Claire Co., Ltd.
Sources
- [1][News]化粧品通販サイトに不正アクセス - クレカ情報流出の可能性Security NEXT · 2021-05-24
- [2][News]化粧品販売サイトに不正アクセス、1,863名分のカード情報流出の可能性ScanNetSecurity · 2021-05-27 08:00