Nikkei reports third data breach in month, exposing 1.8 million records

Nikkei reports third data breach in month, exposing 1.8 million records

Nikkei Inc. reported a new data breach, its third in about a month, that exposed 1.83 million records of personal information. The Japanese giant says subsets of the data contained personally identifiable information and other sensitive details, but most datasets contained no identifying information. The company said 150,000 records contained at least one of the … Read more

Nippon Columbia malware incident exposes 8.6 million karaoke fan records

Nippon Columbia malware incident exposes 8.6 million karaoke fan records

Daiichi Kosho, a major Japanese entertainment systems manufacturer, announced that a malware infection at its contractor Nippon Columbia exposed more than 8.7 million customer and employee records. The company is the largest karaoke manufacturer in Japan 521 karaoke venues nationwide, including the Big Echo chain, one of the most popular karaoke box chains in the … Read more

Emmy wins and recent premieres helped Apple TV break records

Emmy wins and recent premieres helped Apple TV break records

Deadline Apple TV recently recorded its biggest week ever for viewers, with its 29 Emmy wins and recent releases such as Ted Lasso and Mayday. Here are the details. Apple TV sees record viewers following Emmys A few weeks ago, Apple TV broke its own record with a total of 29 Emmy wins, 14 of … Read more

23 million user records compromised in Gyazo data breach

23 million user records compromised in Gyazo data breach

Japanese software company Helpfeel is notifying users of its image-sharing service Gyazo that their information has been accessed by hackers. Gyazo is a widely used cross-platform tool that allows users to capture screenshots, GIFs, or short screen recordings and instantly generate shareable links. Helpfeel announced this week that it had recently detected unauthorized access to … Read more

Gyazo server flaw was exploited to steal 23.6 million user records

Gyazo server flaw was exploited to steal 23.6 million user records

Image sharing platform Gyazo has confirmed that a data breach has occurred after hackers exploited a server vulnerability that allowed them to steal 23.6 million user records. Gyazo is a cloud-based screenshot and screen recording tool from Helpfeel that automatically uploads users’ screenshots to the cloud and provides them with a shareable link for sharing … Read more