Nara Women's University: a misconfigured outgoing mail server was abused by a third party to send 178,782 spam mails

A misconfiguration of Nara Women's University's outgoing mail server let a third party use it as a relay to send 178,782 spam mails.

Disclosed

2026-03-30

Organizations involved

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

2026-03-30
It announced that its outgoing mail (SMTP) server had a configuration flaw and was used by a third party as a spam relay, sending 178,782 spam mails. It found this after being contacted by an outside organization. [1] [2]

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[Breached][Moderate]Nara, NaraEducation and learning support
Nara National Universities Organization
Its outgoing mail server was misconfigured and abused as a spam relay.

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Nara National Universities Organization	[Breached]	[Moderate]	Nara, Nara	Education and learning support	Unknown	Its outgoing mail server was misconfigured and abused as a spam relay.