Quick: "Kangoroo!" suffered a password-list attack and points were misused in 1,877 accounts
A credential stuffing attack from April 10 to May 16 logged in to 27,196 accounts and misused the points of 1,878 accounts.
Disclosed
2022-05-19
Organizations involved
1
Leaked or at risk
Unknown
Downtime
Unknown
What happened
A later investigation found that the credential stuffing attack had begun on this day. [2]
Inquiries from users at 9:36 a.m. revealed suspicious activity. The same day it confirmed login attempts and misuse of points, and stopped the site at 12:00. [1]
It announced the case. [1]
The site reopened. [1]
It received the investigation report on the damage from a third-party body. [2]
It published the investigation results in a third report. [2]
Impact
A password-list attack using IDs and passwords leaked from other services let attackers misuse points in 1,877 accounts. [1]
A third-party investigation found that the credential stuffing attack ran from April 10 to May 16, with 68,821,639 unauthorized login attempts, 27,196 accounts actually logged in, 1,878 accounts whose points were misused and 652,004 points misused. The 1,877 accounts given in May became 1,878. [2]
Timeline
- Started, Detected 2022-05-16
- Disclosed 2022-05-19
- 3 days
Attack or cause
- Method
- [Credential abuse]
- Impact
- [Fraud]
- Entry point
- Stolen credentials
Data exposed or at risk
Organizations involved
[Breached][Major]Tokyo, ChuoInformation and communications
Quick Co., Ltd.
Sources
- [1][News]「看護roo!」にパスワードリスト型攻撃、1,877件のアカウントでポイントの不正使用を確認ScanNetSecurity · 2022-05-24 08:05
- [2][Official]弊社運営の看護師および看護学生向けコミュニティサイト「看護roo!」への“なりすまし”による不正アクセスについて【第3報】Quick Co., Ltd. · 2022-07-06