Threat Pulse 62High
Nikkei's third breach in a month: 1.83 million records reached with stolen credentials
Severity 5ResolvedconfirmedCredentials and personal data

Attackers used stolen credentials to enter a Nikkei development system early on October 7 and reach 1.83 million cloud-stored records; about 150,000 contain names, emails, addresses, phones or birth dates. It follows a July Google Workspace account compromise and a September Microsoft 365 hijack used for spear phishing.

What to do: Credentials revoked; regulator notified October 11; no misuse seen as of October 16.

· 29 days ago · 1.83 million records, 150,000 with identifiers · BleepingComputer
SourcesBleepingComputerRescana
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Over a million records (impact 3), completed access (exploitability 2), media sector (criticality 0).

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