Nikkei

Nikkei

Nikkei Inc., the publisher of the business daily The Nikkei and other media experienced a cyber security incident.

Personal information on a total of 12,514 people had been leaked after a computer used by a group company employee was infected with a virus in an apparent cyberattack.

The leaked information included the names and email addresses of board members, regular and part-time employees, and others at the Nikkei headquarters and some of its group companies.

Source: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200513/p2a/00m/0na/002000c

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/nikkei

"id": "nik1332301222",
"linkid": "nikkei",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "05/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Media',
                        'name': 'Nikkei Inc.',
                        'type': 'Publisher'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Virus Infection',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 12514,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names', 'Email addresses']},
 'description': 'Nikkei Inc., the publisher of the business daily The Nikkei '
                'and other media, experienced a cyber security incident where '
                'personal information on a total of 12,514 people was leaked '
                'after a computer used by a group company employee was '
                'infected with a virus in an apparent cyberattack.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Email addresses']},
 'title': 'Nikkei Inc. Cyber Security Incident',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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