Security · High impactFan score 5 · Tier D
Japanese furniture giant Nitori says hackers stole 37.6M customer records
BleepingComputer · By Bill Toulas ·
The Brief
- Japanese furniture and home accessories retailer Nitori says an attacker accessed a system on its network.
- Nitori says the attacker may have stolen 37.62 million customer records.
- The source does not describe the attack method or the data fields involved.
Why it matters
A breach of this size exposes customer personal data that could be used for phishing or fraud. Developers working on Nitori systems or on retail systems with similar data should review their own access controls and data handling.
Who’s affected
- Nitori customers
- Nitori systems and staff
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- #nitori
- #retail
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- #security-incident
Nitori, a major Japanese furniture and home accessories retailer, discovered that an attacker accessed a system on its network and may have stolen 37.62 million customer records. [...]
Timeline
Nitori says an attacker accessed a network system and may have stolen 37.62 million customer records
BleepingComputer
Japanese furniture giant Nitori says hackers stole 37.6M customer records