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Nagoya University: researcher exchange site 100-nin RONBUN defaced; participant data may have leaked

On 27 September 2024 Nagoya University (Tokai National Higher Education and Research System) disclosed that its researcher exchange site '100-nin RONBUN' had been defaced. An outside report on 20 August revealed it, and a file containing malicious code had been created on the site. How the file was created is unknown. If someone had logged in to the admin screen, participants' names, email addresses, affiliations, job titles or school years, research introductions and comments may have leaked. The site has been cut off.

Disclosed

2024-09-27

Organizations involved

1

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

Timeline

  1. Detected 2024-08-20
  2. Disclosed 2024-09-27
  3. 38 days

Attack or cause

Method
[Unknown]
Impact
[Site defacement][Data leak]
Entry point
Unknown

Data exposed or at risk

[Name][E-mail address][Employment][Education]

Services hit

Organizations involved

Open in organization search

Sources

  1. [1][Official]情報流出の可能性についてのお詫びとご報告Nagoya University · 2024-09-27
  2. [2][News]研究者交流サイト「東海国立大学機構100人論文」が改ざん被害Security NEXT · 2024-09-30