TOKYO; Major Japanese home furnishings retailer Nitori Holdings said on Nov 9 that up to 37.62 million customer records may have been leaked due to unauthorised access, making it the latest Japanese company to report a possible data breach.
The information includes the e-mail and home addresses of members of the Nitori Group and customers who have purchased goods online. However, login passwords and credit card information were not compromised.
Nitori said it confirmed the unauthorised access on Nov 6. A third-party investigation found that the breach occurred between mid- and late October.
The company warned customers about possible phishing attempts and suspicious phone calls, adding that it would contact affected customers by mail or e-mail.
On the same day, Sega announced that about 2.2 million customer e-mail addresses had been leaked after a contractor used by the gaming giant to distribute newsletters was compromised.
Names, phone numbers, credit card information and login passwords were not included in the leaked data.
Sega said it had not confirmed any fraudulent use of the information, which was exposed through unauthorised access to the contractor Arara's system. However, it warned customers to be alert to phishing attempts. - Straits Times/ANN
