In Japan, data of 14 million users could leak after hacking Sky Ticket

The data of more than 14 million users of the Japanese airline ticket sales service Sky Ticket could fall into the hands of third parties after unauthorized access to the company's systems. The Japanese NHK TV channel writes about this on October 9.

"Adventure, the operator of the Sky Ticket travel website, reported unauthorized access to its systems from an external source, which led to a potential or actual data leak of more than 14 million customers," the material says.

According to Adventure, as a result of the incident, the names and surnames of users, dates of birth, email addresses and phone numbers could be disclosed.

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