Breaches and incidents

Monogatari Corporation (Yakiniku King app): 10,788,963 app members’ data leaked

Monogatari said a third party accessed the Yakiniku King app’s member management system, confirmed 2 Oct, and member number, name, email and phone of...

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What happened

  • Monogatari said a third party accessed the Yakiniku King app’s member management system, confirmed 2 Oct, and member number, name, email and phone of 10,788,963 of 10,808,784 users leaked; passwords and payment data were not.
  • Root cause: not disclosed; how the access was possible is still under investigation.
  • No attacker named.
  • Communication was cut and defenses applied; the PPC and police were notified; the app remains in service.