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Sakura Internet: malware on a sales-management system, up to 1.36 million member accounts potentially affected

Sakura said hackers accessed its IT system on 9 Aug 2026 and the incident “may have impacted up to 1,360,563 member accounts” (contract and membership data.

Disclosed

What happened

  • Sakura said hackers accessed its IT system on 9 Aug 2026 and the incident “may have impacted up to 1,360,563 member accounts” (contract and membership data; passwords hashed; no card data). No exfiltration confirmed. Found while investigating a separate Sakura Rental Server incident with unauthorized logins to 583 accounts.
  • Root cause: malware installed in its environment; entry point not disclosed. Sakura says it was not ransomware and there was no ransom demand.
  • No attacker identified.
  • Investigation ongoing; no service disruption.