An unauthorized person had accessed the database of Japanese travel agency JTB Corp. that exposed the personal information of 7.93 million people.
The attack compromised customer names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and passport numbers.
The Metropolitan Police Department investigated the incident and put efforts to prevent unauthorized access to servers and the leaking of information via virus infections.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/jp-personal-info-on-7-93-million-people-feared-leaked/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/jtb
"id": "jtb4727522",
"linkid": "jtb",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "06/2016",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 7930000,
'industry': 'Travel and Tourism',
'location': 'Japan',
'name': 'JTB Corp.',
'type': 'Travel Agency'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
'number_of_records_exposed': 7930000,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Customer names',
'Addresses',
'E-mail addresses',
'Passport numbers']},
'description': 'An unauthorized person had accessed the database of Japanese '
'travel agency JTB Corp. that exposed the personal information '
'of 7.93 million people. The attack compromised customer '
'names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and passport numbers.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Customer names',
'Addresses',
'E-mail addresses',
'Passport numbers']},
'investigation_status': 'Investigated by Metropolitan Police Department',
'response': {'law_enforcement_notified': True},
'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized Person',
'title': 'Data Breach at JTB Corp.',
'type': 'Data Breach'}