Kyodo News: staff accounts misused

On 5 August, Kyodo News said some staff accounts in its email and other work systems may have been misused by a third party, which it learned of from an outside tip-off on 4 August. About 6,000 account records it manages (about 3,000 on staff and about 3,000 on member media and business partners) may have been viewed, including names, emails, departments and job titles, and mail and stored files of some accounts may have been viewed too. No impact on its news distribution or editing systems was found.