[Investigating][Severity: Major][Intrusion]

Gantan Beauty Industry: unauthorized access to its servers, and data of staff, partner firms and customers may have leaked

Its servers were attacked and a suspicious program ran. Data on staff, partners and customers, such as names and addresses, may have leaked. No count was given.

Disclosed

2024-05-27

Organizations involved

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

2024-03-20
It found a third-party attack on its servers and a suspicious program running. It took steps to stop the damage from spreading and, from the next day, investigated with external specialists. [1]
2024-05-20
Investigation confirmed that information may have leaked. Until May 17 no trace of a leak had been found. [1] [3]
2024-05-22
It reported to the Personal Information Protection Commission as a "risk of leak". [1]
2024-05-27
It announced the case, saying it had no reports of misuse. [1] [2]

Impact

The data that may have leaked is staff names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses; partner firms' company names, names, addresses and phone numbers; and customers' names, addresses and email addresses. The number of people was not stated. [1]