Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that a third party had gained unauthorized access to アララ's email distribution service via ギフトパッド, resulting in the leakage of 1,741 email addresses of individual shareholders related to the Annual General Meeting. The affected shareholders had exercised their voting rights online at the 102nd Annual General Meeting held in June 2026. The company said that no personal information such as names, addresses or shareholder numbers had been leaked.
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that unauthorized access by a third party had been confirmed on アララ's email distribution service used by ギフトパッド. The affected data consisted of 1,741 email addresses belonging to individual shareholders who exercised their voting rights online at the 102nd Annual General Meeting held in June 2026.
Only email addresses were leaked, and no leakage of other personal information, including names, addresses or shareholder numbers, has been identified. The scope of affected shareholders and the limitations on the leaked information have been specified.
Honda immediately suspended its use of the ギフトパッド service after receiving the report of the unauthorized access and indicated that it would request reports on the cause analysis and measures to prevent recurrence. The company said it would contact the affected shareholders individually going forward.
Regarding the events leading to the announcement, the initial report was received on 5 November, and details of the incident were reported to the company on 11 November. The company said it would disclose progress on its response thereafter.