{
  "id": 17871624,
  "title": "Suntory Holdings says personal data of around 100,000 people leaked",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/suntory-holdings-says-personal-data-of-around-100-000-people-leaked",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T23:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Mainichi",
    "slug": "the-mainichi",
    "url": "https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20261102/p2g/00m/0bu/047000c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Leading beverage manufacturer Suntory Holdings Ltd. disclosed on Monday that personal data of approximately 100,000 individuals, including employees, was compromised due to unauthorized access to an external cloud service utilized by the company. Suntory asserts that they have not verified any improper use of the exposed data, which comprises names and email addresses for around 90,000 employees of affiliated firms. The leak also included email addresses of approximately 7,300 people enrolled in the company's corporate activities experience program as of December 2023, and names of about 7,200 candidates for the 2026 new graduate recruitment process.\n\nJapanese IT firm Paycloud Holdings Inc. reported that roughly 77 million email addresses were exposed in a cyberattack on a subsidiary managing an email distribution service. The leaked data, which also included customers' names, gender, and dates of birth registered by client companies, did not encompass credit card numbers. Paycloud stated that the number does not denote the affected individuals, as some may possess multiple email addresses.\n\nUnauthorized access to Arara Message service, operated by Paycloud subsidiary Arara Inc., resulted in the leak of information from up to around 380 client companies. Arara confirmed that the messaging service was exploited to send approximately 7.13 million emails impersonating credit card company notifications. The service remains suspended since Saturday, and Arara will evaluate system security and other factors before determining whether to resume operations.\n\nElectronics retailer Nojima Corp. disclosed that personal information of approximately 7 million registered customers was leaked following unauthorized access to its e-commerce site's member management system. The exposed data included names and addresses. Marui Group Co. reported that personal information of up to 9,086 applicants for digital bonds was compromised due to unauthorized access to a company managing the bonds. The leaked data might encompass bank account numbers for 54 of the applicants, according to Marui Group, which operates retail and fintech businesses.",
  "summary": "TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Leading beverage manufacturer Suntory Holdings Ltd. on Monday joined a growing list of firms reporting personal data leaks, saying in",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}