Tokyo Metropolitan Government: the mail-sending service of its condominium management reporting system was abused to send 2,044 spam emails
On July 31 the mail-sending service of the reporting system was abused to send 2,044 spam emails. A possible leak is being checked.
Disclosed
2022-08-01
Organizations involved
1
Leaked or at risk
Unknown
Downtime
Unknown
What happened
The contractor received 721 bounce replies at 1:48 a.m. and 715 at 7:01 a.m., and found that the mail-sending service was being abused. The contractor changed the ID and password. [1]
It announced the case. There were 2,044 spam emails (1,436 of them errors), and a possible leak is being checked. [1]
Timeline
- Detected 2022-07-31
- Disclosed 2022-08-01
- 1 days
Attack or cause
- Method
- [Unknown]
- Impact
- Entry point
- Unknown
Data exposed or at risk
–
Organizations involved
[Breached][Moderate]TokyoPrefecture
Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Sources
- [1][Official]メール送信サービスの不正利用｜東京都Tokyo Metropolitan Government · 2022-08-01