JP Union: break-in at a mail magazine system used until about 2019 may have leaked a list of over 40,000 members' addresses

A PHP system used to send the union's mail magazine until about 2019 was broken into. The contractor that runs the union's website found it and reported it. [1]

A list of more than 40,000 mail magazine recipients may have leaked; the contractor is still counting. The leaked data are the subscribers' regional branch, name, member number, gender and email address. [1]

The union cut the link between the mail magazine and the PHP system so nothing can be sent, and stopped asking about mail magazine subscriptions when members apply for an ID. Its current website does not use PHP, but some content linking to outside sites is being taken down until it is confirmed safe. It will report again when the review ends. [1]