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A thread on 5ch blew up over Rakuten’s data leak. The hackers claim to hold data on 100 million members and released a partial sample to back it up, but Rakuten denies both the claim and the existence of the accounts in question. Meanwhile, media reports confirm that photos and documents were leaked from “Rakuten Drive” due to unauthorized access, leaving it unclear exactly how much of this is confirmed fact. Commenters worried about the impact on brokerage and NISA (Japan’s tax-free investment accounts), while others shared how unnerving it was to realize they had ¥70,000 worth of points alone at risk — reactions split between believing the hackers’ claims and trusting Rakuten’s denial.
What people said
Makes you wonder if some core system out there has a backdoor in it.
The experts at the time all agreed on one thing: it was only a matter of time before China built an AI with equivalent power.
So six months later, what does this surge in breaches tell us?
At the very least, better put limits on transfers and withdrawals from your accounts… just in case.
It's probably a cumulative count including people with multiple accounts or re-registrations, duh.
Though apparently it's not covered for compensation.
but reports say Rakuten is denying it.
you even earn those points at the pharmacy.
Article 8 (Management of the Rakuten Point Card)
Except where the Company is at fault, the Company bears no responsibility for damages suffered by the user due to theft, loss, or damage of the Rakuten Point Card, or due to inadequate management by the user, errors in use, or use by a third party (including, but not limited to, damages resulting from a third party using the Rakuten Point Card before the user completes the suspension procedure).
https://pointcard.rakuten.co.jp/guidance/restriction/
but Rakuten commented that no such thing happened and the exposed accounts don't even exist.
Maybe they just hadn't noticed yet lol
Can we actually trust that?
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/23cc7d620525131de0cf61bc3ae2bba4baaf0a0c
now everyone's going to find out I've been hoarding a ton of points.
but maybe worry more about how many humans are out there misusing it.
https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/32504273/
Someone broke in, changed my email (login ID), and I got locked out just like that.
Normally you'd get an email like "Someone's trying to log in from such-and-such location, is this you?" but I never got anything like that.
No warning signs at all.
Well, they ended up restoring it for me after two days, but it was seriously unnerving.
I had about ¥70,000 in points too.
How did you catch it so early?
What happens to accounts you never log into?
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/9a5987a8685ceb8e84ec301374ed4e5ed39bcbab
At a press conference on the 6th, Digital Minister Toshiharu Furukawa addressed the string of unauthorized-access incidents causing personal data leaks at private companies such as Daiwa Securities, saying, "Cyberattacks aren't just a problem for companies and organizations. Each citizen taking precautions helps prevent harm." He stressed the importance of self-protection, calling on citizens to "keep in mind that you must protect your own information, and cooperate with efforts to prevent damage."
Did the government just surrender to the hackers?
if it's a small amount, you might not even notice fraudulent use.
It's fine when the statement clearly spells out "such-and-such store, this item,"
but sometimes you get entries where you're like "what even is this?"
Background and Key Points of This Topic
What makes this topic confusing is that two separate events are being discussed at once: the hackers’ claim of a “100-million-member leak,” and the actually reported leak of photos and documents from “Rakuten Drive.” Rakuten denies the former claim and the existence of the data itself, so the 100-million-user leak can’t be treated as confirmed fact. The backdrop includes a string of unauthorized-access incidents this year at private companies such as Daiwa Securities, with disclosed personal-data leaks reaching a record high of over 500 cases, prompting Digital Minister Toshiharu Furukawa to urge citizens to “protect their own information.” Reactions in the thread split between concern over the impact on brokerage and NISA accounts and a more resigned “well, it’s just points” attitude. It’s also easy to overlook that under Rakuten’s terms of service, unauthorized use of a point card isn’t compensated if the user is found to be at fault.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “100 million Rakuten members’ personal data leaked.”
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