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Personal info on over 12,000 people leaked after Nikkei comes under cyberattack

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Dissent

Mainichi reports:

TOKYO — Nikkei Inc., the publisher of the business daily The Nikkei and other media, announced on May 12 that personal information on a total of 12,514 people had been leaked after a computer used by a group company employee was infected with a virus in an apparent cyberattack.

Read more on Mainichi.

h/t, VCDB

Category: Business SectorMalwareNon-U.S.

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