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27 storiesMrMax says breach may have leaked data of up to 1,735,154 members
MrMax Holdings said on October 6 that unauthorized access to servers for its MrMax app and online store may have exposed personal information of up to 1,735,154 members. The company said member IDs, names, email addresses and telephone numb…
Daiwa Securities: vendor breach may have exposed data of 110,000 customers
Daiwa Securities said on Oct 5 that a server at outsourcing vendor Scalar Communications was subject to unauthorized access and that about 220,000 records may have leaked, including names, email addresses and securities account numbers for …
Nikkei says cyberattack sent about 9,000 spoofed emails to sources
Nikkei said on Oct. 4 that a cyberattack on a staff Microsoft 365 account let a third party send about 9,000 emails impersonating employees, including messages sent on Sept. 30 that led to malicious websites. Recipients' email addresses and…
GMO Research & AI says up to 948,498 infoQ members' data breached; site halted
GMO Research & AI said a vulnerability in its survey site infoQ was exploited and personal data for up to 948,498 members was taken out. Points worth about 2.87 million yen were exchanged without members' consent, which the company said it …
Citizen Watch says about 100,000 people’s data may have leaked in breach
Citizen Watch said on Oct. 6 that unauthorized access to a contractor’s server may have leaked about 100,000 people’s personal information. The server handled customer inquiries made through the internet, the company said. The government’s …
Asahi Kasei drug unit says cyberattack may have leaked data on up to 558,700 people
Asahi Kasei Therapeutics, the pharmaceutical subsidiary of Asahi Kasei, said a website it runs for medical professionals was hit by a cyberattack and that personal information on up to about 558,700 people may have leaked. Sankei Shimbun re…
Rakuten Drive says unauthorized access exposed data from 15,382 accounts
Rakuten Drive, a cloud storage service, said part of its systems was accessed without authorization and that stored data from 15,382 accounts — including photos and documents — was obtained or viewed between January 29 and September 17, 202…
Daiwa Securities and Osaka university report cyberattacks; data may have leaked
Daiwa Securities said a contractor’s server was illegally accessed and information on about 110,000 customers may have leaked, while Osaka Metropolitan University said a ransomware attack is the suspected cause of a system failure that was …
Citizen Watch says data of about 100,000 people may have leaked in contractor breach
Citizen Watch said on Oct 6 that personal information on about 100,000 people may have leaked after unauthorized access to a server run by an outside contractor. The access was to a server of Tokyo-based Scala Communications between the nig…
Microsoft begins rolling out Windows 11 26H2 as an enablement package
Microsoft began distributing Windows 11 version 26H2 (the Windows 11 2026 Update) on September 29, 2026, delivered as an enablement package to devices on 25H2 or 24H2. Japanese tech outlets describe it not as a large feature refresh but as …
Japan's reported unauthorized access tops 600 cases by September, a record pace
Companies and local governments in Japan had publicly reported more than 600 cases of unauthorized access and similar damage as of the end of September, exceeding last year's full-year total of 593 and running at a record pace, according to…
Times Car breach leaked about 1.6 million driver's license images, operator says
Unauthorized access to the car-sharing service Times Car leaked about 1.6 million driver's license images, while the operator, Park24, had set the images to be kept for seven years after a member withdrew, according to Sankei Shimbun and Li…
Arknights: Endfield streams preview for new version “Tansei Watari”, reveals operators Su and Minho
GRYPHLINE streamed a preview special program on October 6 for the new version “丹青渡” (Tansei Watari) of the game “Arknights: Endfield”, revealing two new operators, Su and Minho. Su is a supporter-type cold-attribute operator described as an…
Daiki Suisan says app breach may have exposed data of 174,933 people
Daiki Suisan, a kaiten sushi chain based in Sakai, Osaka, said its official smartphone app was hit by unauthorized access and the personal data of up to 174,933 people, including former users, may have leaked. The company said the access wa…
Osaka Metropolitan University: 130,000 people's data at risk after ransomware attack
Osaka Metropolitan University said on Oct 5 that a ransomware cyberattack caused the system failure that began in the early hours of Oct 2 and stopped about 500 servers, and that personal information of at least 130,000 students, graduates …
Nintendo to launch Switch 2 console-and-game bundle in Japan on Nov 12 at ¥63,980
Nintendo announced on October 6 a “Nintendo Switch 2 (Japanese, domestic use only) Selectable Software Set” that pairs the console with a download code for one of three Nintendo-published games. It goes on sale November 12 at ¥63,980 includ…
NC launches AION 2 global service; active players top 400,000 in two hours
NC began official global service for its free-to-play MMORPG AION 2 on Oct 5 at 22:00, on Steam and its own PURPLE platform. Game*Spark reported that concurrent players passed 300,000 an hour after launch and that active players exceeded 40…
Japanese Ramen Simulator gets Oct 9 early access launch after Steam review delay
Wild Dog announced on Oct 6 that its ramen-shop management sim “Japanese Ramen Simulator” will enter early access on PC via Steam on Oct 9 at 17:00, after the planned Sept 28 release was postponed because Steam’s pre-release review was not …
Times Car data leak class action sign-ups top 40,000
Registrations on a website set up to prepare a class action over the Times Car personal data leak passed 40,000 by 2 pm on Oct 5, Livedoor News reported. Lawyer Hiroki Makino opened the site on Sept 30 to seek damages over the handling of p…
Experts divided on AI's role as Japanese firms report wave of data breaches
Since late September, Japanese companies have announced a run of unauthorised access and data-leak incidents, including Times Car Share and Yakiniku King. Cybersecurity experts told tech outlets that AI's role in the attacks themselves appe…