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Nikkei: stolen credentials used on a cloud development system, 1.83 million records, third incident in a month
Nikkei said unauthorized access on 7 Oct 2026 exposed 1.83 million records (about 150,000 with identifiers such as names, emails, addresses, phone numbers...
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What happened
- Nikkei said unauthorized access on 7 Oct 2026 exposed 1.83 million records (about 150,000 with identifiers such as names, emails, addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth). Earlier incidents: an employee Google Workspace account compromise (late July) and a Microsoft 365 account hijack used for spear-phishing (September).
- Root cause: stolen credentials used on a development system holding personal data in the cloud; how the credentials were stolen is not confirmed.
- No attacker named.
- PPC notified 11 Oct; individual notices.
Sources
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nikkei-discloses-third-data-breach-in-a-month-18m-records-exposed/
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nikkei-discloses-breaches-of-employees-microsoft-google-email-accounts/
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