Chiba City (FeliCa Pocket Marketing): a contractor server for the Chiba City Point trial was accessed without authorization, and birth dates of about 8,000 participants may have leaked

1. 2021-09-29

   The contractor FeliCa Pocket Marketing told Chiba City that there were traces of an attack on its server. [1] [2]

2. 2021-10-07

   The contractor reported to the city that participant data may have leaked. [1]

3. 2021-10-12

   Chiba City announced the case. [1] [2]

A database recording participants' IDs, passwords, postal codes and point usage history was accessed without authorization, and birth dates of about 8,000 people and about 2,600 email addresses may have leaked. A separate server holding names, addresses and phone numbers was not affected. [2]