Japan Chemical Database: an SQL injection attack leaked 1,652 customers' personal records and 166 company records
An attack on a search function of a trial page leaked 1,652 personal records, including login passwords and email addresses.
Disclosed
2021-07-13
Organizations involved
1
Leaked or at risk
Unknown
Downtime
Unknown
What happened
The company noticed the unauthorized access. [1]
It announced the case and reported to the Personal Information Protection Commission and the police. [1]
Leaked information
The search function of a trial page suffered an SQL injection attack. 1,652 personal records of customers (login passwords, email addresses and more) and 166 company records leaked. [1]
Timeline
- Detected 2021-07-05
- Disclosed 2021-07-13
- 8 days
Attack or cause
- Method
- [Web app exploit]
- Impact
- [Data leak]
- Entry point
- Web app
Data exposed or at risk
Organizations involved
[Breached][Critical]Tokyo, BunkyoInformation and communications1,652 leaked
Japan Chemical Database Co., Ltd.
Sources
- [1][News]日本ケミカルデータベースにSQLインジェクション攻撃、個人情報1,652件が流出ScanNetSecurity · 2021-07-16 08:00