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Japan Association of Corporate Executives: its secretariat system was accessed without authorization, and personal data may have leaked

Unauthorized access to the secretariat system was confirmed and personal data may have flowed out. Part of the system was stopped.

Disclosed

2021-11-19

Organizations involved

1

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

  1. It confirmed unauthorized access to the secretariat system. [1]

  2. It announced the case. It said personal data might have flowed out and stopped part of the system. [1]

Impact

Personal data may have flowed out. At the time of the announcement the scope of the data and the cause were still under investigation. The association was also hit by ransomware in 2020. [1]

Timeline

  1. Detected 2021-11-15
  2. Disclosed 2021-11-19
  3. 4 days

Attack or cause

Method
[Intrusion]
Impact
[Data leak]
Entry point
Unknown

Data exposed or at risk

–

Organizations involved

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Sources

  1. [1][Official]経済同友会事務局システムへの不正アクセスに関するお知らせJapan Association of Corporate Executives · 2021-11-19