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[Contained][Severity: Major][Credential abuse]

Nikkei: unauthorized logins to an employee's Google Workspace account

From late July, a Google Workspace account a Nikkei employee used for work was logged into from outside. A notice from Google revealed it in early August, and the password was changed at once. Emails, names and other details of 1,646 people, including employees and business partners, may have leaked. Data on readers and news sources was not included.

Disclosed

2026-10-04

Organizations involved

1

Leaked or at risk

1.6K

1,646

Downtime

Unknown

Timeline

  1. Disclosed 2026-10-04
  2. 1 days

Attack or cause

Method
[Credential abuse]
Impact
[Data leak]
Entry point
Stolen credentials

Data exposed or at risk

[E-mail address][Name]

Organizations involved

Open in organization search

Sources

  1. [1][Official]不正ログインによる情報漏洩についてNikkei · 2026-10-04