[BreachExchange] Hackers access data from more than 460,000 accounts at Uniqlo’s online store

[Destry Winant]

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/14/japans-uniqlo-says-hackers-access-data-from-460000-online-accounts.html

Fast Retailing, the Japanese company behind the Uniqlo retail chain,
announced Monday that the data of more than 460,000 customers on its
online shopping sites were accessed by hackers from April 23 to May
10.

In a statement released on its website, Fast Retailing said: “It was
confirmed on May 10, 2019 that an unauthorized login by a third party
other than the customer occurred on the online store site operated by
our company,” according to a Google translation.

The breach gave hackers access to customers’ data including their
names, addresses and contact details. The company acknowledged that
partial credit card information “may have been browsed,” though “there
is no possibility of leakage” in credit card security codes.

Investigations into the extent of the data hack continue. In the
meantime, the Japanese retailer has encouraged its online store
customers to set passwords that are unique and not easily guessable,
in order to lower the likelihood of hackers accessing accounts
successfully.

Shares of Fast Retailing traded down by about 0.6% during afternoon
trade in Tokyo on Tuesday.

The latest data breach comes amid increased public scrutiny on the
subject of data security, after hackers gained access to the data of
hundreds of millions of people at credit ratings giant Equifax and
hotel juggernaut Marriott International.

Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific Airways announced in October last
year that there was a giant data breach involving more than 9 million
of its passengers. The airline said that details of about 9.4 million
passengers, including passport numbers and Hong Kong identity card
numbers, were accessed without authorization, Reuters reported.