Japanese media giant Nikkei has disclosed a new data breach affecting more than 1.8 million records.
According to the company, best known for major financial publications, including The Nikkei and the Financial Times, the incident involves the cloud service it uses for system development.
On the morning of October 7, hackers used previously compromised credentials to access cloud services, Nikkei said.
While a total of 1.83 million records were stolen, approximately 1.68 million contained only information that could not be used to identify individuals, the company said.
Of the remaining records, 150,000 contain names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth, and 120,000 email addresses.
Nikkei said no credit card information was compromised in the attack.
The media giant said it immediately removed the compromised data after identifying the data breach and would take additional security measures if necessary.
It has informed the regulator and continues to investigate the scope of the incident and the nature of the data that was destroyed.
According to Nikkei, as of October 16, it has not found any evidence that the stolen personal information was misused.
The company also notes that the incident did not cause disruption or data disruption.
“We deeply apologize for the inconvenience and concern this may cause to those involved. We will notify you personally if the leak of personal information is confirmed,” Nikkei said.
The announcement comes less than a year after the company disclosed data breaches stemming from the hacking of Slack accounts.
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