A company contracted to distribute emails for the points service operated by Tohoku Electric Power Frontier was subject to unauthorised access, raising the possibility that email addresses and member IDs for approximately 100,000 members were leaked. The service was temporarily suspended and the extent of the damage is being investigated.
A contractor handling email distribution for e Point Mall, a points service operated by Tohoku Electric Power Frontier, a Tohoku Electric Power group company, was subject to unauthorised access, and the possibility that email addresses and member IDs for approximately 100,000 members were leaked was confirmed.
The leaked information may not include names, telephone numbers or credit card information, but it is not known at this time which member records were affected.
Tohoku Electric Power Frontier temporarily suspended the service and is continuing to investigate the damage. It is urging recipients not to open any suspicious emails they receive.