Japan Organ Transplant Network: its mail service was attacked from overseas and part of the mail data of the inquiry address was lost

1. 2023-01-09

   It confirmed security attacks from overseas on its mail service. The account of the address used for inquiries from outside was entered and part of the mail data was lost. [1]

2. 2023-01-20

   It announced the case. [1] [2]

3. 2023-03-14

   It published a follow-up. On January 16 it had found that data of specific email addresses had disappeared, and the provider it outsources the mail service to investigated and found that unauthorized access from outside had caused the loss. Up to 201 emails were lost. [3]

The data concerned is the mail of people who sent mail directly to the inquiry address from August 2020 to the end of December 2022. People who used the inquiry form on the website are not included. No leak of personal data has been confirmed, but some mails contain names and contact details, so it is analyzing the data in detail. [1]