Up to approximately 50,000 member email addresses from TBS Shopping were leaked. The leak was confirmed on 16 October and is believed to have been caused by unauthorised access to the email distribution system used by the company’s service provider.
It has emerged that email addresses belonging to up to 49,995 members of the TBS Shopping online store operated by TBSグロウディア, a TBS Holdings subsidiary, were leaked externally. The leaked data reportedly did not include names, addresses, telephone numbers or credit card information, and no unauthorised use of the information has been confirmed at this time.
The leak was confirmed as of 16 October. The company explained that the data leak was caused by the impact of unauthorised access to the email distribution system used by its outsourced service provider.
The company’s official announcement states that additional information on the scope and impact of the leak is expected to be provided in due course. The company is taking steps to ensure the proper management of data and prevent a recurrence.