Personal information breaches continue, with more than 10 million records, including information from the app operated by Yakiniku King, leaked, while images of driver’s licenses from Times Car also surfaced. On dark web sites, 1,000 Japanese driver’s licenses were offered in Chinese-language posts, raising concerns over the risk of misuse.
Unauthorized access incidents involving domestic companies have led to a series of personal information breaches. 物語コーポレーション, which operates Yakiniku King, announced that information on more than 10 million users of its official app had been leaked, although no secondary use has been confirmed at this time.
It has emerged that approximately 100,000 people’s personal information may have been leaked in an incident involving major watchmaker シチズン. The information may have included customers’ bank account details and other data, prompting a warning.
The unauthorized access incident at Park24’s Times Car, announced last month, involved leaked information including images of driver’s licenses and student identification cards and is believed to have affected as many as 6.6 million records. Cases have also been confirmed in which images of driver’s licenses were listed in Chinese on dark web sites, with 1,000 Japanese licenses offered for approximately ¥20,000, raising concerns over the risk of misuse in fraud and other crimes.
There have also been cases in which images of health insurance cards and My Number cards were leaked. Measures are required to prevent the misuse of personal information, and the published information is expected to remain under close watch to prevent further harm.