Daiwa Securities, Citizen Watch, Sompo Japan and Tobu Railway were identified as companies that disclosed potential impacts from the unauthorized access at Scala Communications. Measures including the introduction of multi-factor authentication were cited as part of the response going forward.
Scala Communications disclosed the status of the damage caused by unauthorized access, indicating that the impact extended to several companies, including a major securities firm, a watch manufacturer and an insurance company. At Daiwa Securities, the information potentially affected includes the names, email addresses and account numbers of approximately 110,000 people. Including inquiries and other records containing information that could identify individuals, the total may be approximately 220,000 records.
Citizen Watch said that the names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses of approximately 100,000 people may have been leaked. Sompo Japan said that approximately 60,000 records of inquiries concerning its “SMILING ROAD” drive recorder service for businesses may have been leaked.
Scala Communications changed the passwords of accounts used for unauthorized logins, blocked the source IP addresses and isolated malicious programs. It also stated that it plans to introduce multi-factor authentication and segregate environments going forward. It said that no unauthorized use of customer information resulting in secondary damage from this incident had been confirmed at this time.
The article focuses on these disclosures and indicates that it will monitor future security measures and the strengthening of monitoring.