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[Contained][Severity: Major][Credential abuse]

en: a credential stuffing attack hit "en tenshoku" and the web résumés of 255,765 users may have been accessed

From March 20 to 27 there were logins using IDs and passwords obtained elsewhere, and the web résumés of 255,765 users may have been accessed.

Disclosed

2023-03-30

Organizations involved

1

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

  1. Spoofed logins using IDs (email addresses) and passwords thought to have been obtained from outside began. They went on until the 27th. [1] [2]

  2. It confirmed unauthorized logins on the web server of "en tenshoku". The same day it blocked traffic from the source IP addresses that had been attempting the logins. [1]

  3. At 15:00 it reset the passwords of all users. It announced the case, and had also notified the police and reported to the Personal Information Protection Commission. [1] [2]

Impact

The web résumés of 255,765 people (excluding those who left) among users registered from 2000 to now may have been accessed. No reports of misuse of personal data have been confirmed. [1] [2]

Timeline

  1. Started 2023-03-20
  2. Detected 2023-03-27
  3. Disclosed 2023-03-30
  4. 10 days

Attack or cause

Method
[Credential abuse]
Impact
[Data leak]
Entry point
Stolen credentials

Data exposed or at risk

[E-mail address][Employment]

Organizations involved

Open in organization search

Sources

  1. [1][Official]「エン転職」への不正ログイン発生に関するお詫びとお願い | エン株式会社(en Inc.)en Inc. · 2023-03-30
  2. [2][News]「エン転職」にパスワードリスト型攻撃、25万5,765名分のWeb履歴書に不正ログインされた可能性ScanNetSecurity · 2023-04-04 08:05