Nikkei discloses third data breach in a month, 1.8M records exposed

Nikkei Inc. disclosed its third data breach in about a month, exposing 1.83 million records. Attackers used stolen credentials to access a development system on October 7; 150,000 records contained names, addresses, phone numbers or birth dates, and 120,000 contained email addresses. No card data was exposed.

• 1.83 million records affected, 1.68 million without identifiers
• 150,000 records held names, addresses, phones or birth dates
• Access gained October 7 via stolen credentials
• Nikkei notified regulators October 11; no misuse found yet