Media and books

Asahi Shimbun print edition viewer

Asahi Shimbun print edition viewer (run by The Asahi Shimbun Company) was hit in 1 recorded cybersecurity incident. The latest was disclosed on 2023-09-06.

About the service

Website

https://faq.digital.asahi.com/category/show/237?site_domain=default

Run by

The Asahi Shimbun Company

Part of

Asahi Shimbun Digital

Category

Media and books

For

People

Incident history

Disclosed 2023-09-06Updated 2023-12-29 08:05Osaka[Contained][Severity: Major][Breached][Major]
Asahi Shimbun: names and addresses of 884 members of Asahi Shimbun Digital and the paper viewer leaked, found through an outside tip
[Misconfiguration][Data leak]Leaked 884Organizations 1

		Incident	Role	Impact level				Methods	Impacts		Status
2023-09-06	2023-12-29 08:05	Asahi Shimbun: names and addresses of 884 members of Asahi Shimbun Digital and the paper viewer leaked, found through an outside tip	[Breached]	[Major]	[Major]	1 The Asahi Shimbun Company	Osaka	[Misconfiguration]	[Data leak]	884	[Contained]

Other incidents of the operator (1)

Disclosed 2026-10-19Updated 2026-10-28Aichi, Fukuoka, Kanagawa, Osaka, Saitama, Tokyo[Investigating][Severity: Critical]
Ymirlink: break-in at the Cuenote FC email delivery service exported about 51.6 million records from 49 customer systems
[Web app exploit][Data leak]Leaked 51.6MOrganizations 31

		Incident				Methods	Impacts		Status
2026-10-19	2026-10-28	Ymirlink: break-in at the Cuenote FC email delivery service exported about 51.6 million records from 49 customer systems	[Critical]	31 Central Japan Railway Company, Kyushu Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company, Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., BANDAI SPIRITS Co., Ltd., Life Card Co., Ltd., Rise UP Co., Ltd., Ymirlink, Inc., Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., DCM Co., Ltd., Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Saitama Prefecture, istyle Inc., NTTPC Communications, Inc., Animate Ltd., The Asahi Shimbun Company, ASMARQ Co., Ltd., Cybozu, Inc., Impress Corporation, Japan Association for Financial Planners, JMA Management Center Inc., Kansai Mirai Bank, Limited, The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd., Persona Co., Ltd., Resona Bank, Limited, Saitama Resona Bank, Limited, Satofull Co., Ltd., Sendenkaigi Co., Ltd., Sourcenext Corporation, Syuppin Co., Ltd., ValueCommerce Co., Ltd.	Aichi, Fukuoka, Kanagawa, Osaka, Saitama, Tokyo	[Web app exploit]	[Data leak]	51,628,280	[Investigating]