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On the 9th, JR East announced that personal information such as email addresses may have leaked for a combined total of approximately 2.06 million members of “eKiNet” and “Otona no Kyujitsu Club” (Adult Holiday Club). The cause was unauthorized access to the data center of SoftBank subsidiary IDC Frontier, and for Adult Holiday Club members, the exposed data reportedly includes membership numbers, credit card expiration dates, and dates of birth. While addresses and credit card numbers themselves are said not to have leaked, the forum saw a wave of reports that suspicious phishing emails resembling the real ones had already been showing up for a while, splitting reactions between resignation that personal data has basically leaked everywhere already, and calls for the company to be held liable for damages.

On the 9th, JR East revealed that personal information, including email addresses, belonging to a combined total of roughly 2.06 million members of “eKiNet” and “Otona no Kyujitsu Club” may have been leaked. This reportedly stems from unauthorized access to the data center of SoftBank subsidiary IDC Frontier.

According to JR East, the possible leak covers about 1.67 million accounts from eKiNet, the train ticket reservation and purchase service, and about 390,000 accounts from Otona no Kyujitsu Club, a membership service for people aged 50 and over. For eKiNet, email addresses may have been exposed; for Otona no Kyujitsu Club, membership numbers, credit card expiration dates, and dates of birth may have leaked in addition to email addresses.

JR East says this leak did not expose addresses or credit card numbers themselves. It also says that while member email delivery has been partially disrupted for both services, train ticket reservations and other functions are working as usual.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (News Express+) thread “[JR East] Possible Leak at “eKiNet” and “Adult Holiday Club” — 2.06 Million Records Total“.

A report highlighted the case of a man who quit his job just 19 days after starting and, unable to rely on his parents, ended up on welfare in his 20s. According to an NHK survey, about 46% of welfare recipients in their 20s that fiscal year were single-person households, and the number of single recipients in their 20s has grown to roughly 7 times what it was 25 years ago. The head of a support group pointed out that “one factor is that the parents’ generation is itself struggling financially and can’t support their kids,” and the number of people in their 20s receiving welfare due to disability or illness has also roughly quadrupled over the same 25 years. On 5ch, opinions were divided over workplaces that burn out new hires early, the connection to the “Lost Generation” (hyouga-ki, those who entered the job market during Japan’s long post-bubble recession and struggled to find work), the real-world practice of certifying disabilities, and how the welfare system itself should work.

While elderly households make up about half of all welfare recipients, the sharp rise in single-person recipients in their 20s has been especially striking in recent years, now reaching roughly 7 times the level of 25 years ago. According to an NHK survey, about 46% of recipients in their 20s that fiscal year were single-person households.

Nana Iwamoto, representative director of the NPO POSSE, which supports young people in financial hardship, points out that “the parents’ generation is struggling too, and not being able to rely on them is one factor driving poverty among young singles.” What’s more, people with disabilities or illnesses make up nearly half of welfare households in their 20s — a figure that has also roughly quadrupled over 25 years, suggesting a growing number of young people on welfare who find it hard to work because of disability or illness.

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Source: dot.asahi.com / Original article here

※This article is compiled as excerpts and a summary from the 5ch (News Express+) thread “Man who quit 19 days after joining a company ends up on welfare in his 20s, unable to rely on his parents either… single recipients in their 20s now roughly 7 times what they were 25 years ago“.

Adventure Co., Ltd., which operates the comparison and booking site “skyticket,” announced on October 9, 2026 that unauthorized access to its systems resulted in a leak — or suspected leak — of users’ personal information. The number of potentially affected records is said to exceed 14 million. On 5ch’s News Flash+ forum, posters pointed to the string of recent data breaches at Japanese companies happening around the same time, warned of the danger of secondary damage from reused email addresses and passwords, and voiced frustration with the company’s “apology” response.

“October 9, 2026 — Adventure Co., Ltd.

We have discovered that the system behind our comparison and booking site “skyticket,” which we operate, was subject to unauthorized access by a third party, resulting in the leak — or suspected leak — of our customers’ personal information to outside parties.

We deeply apologize for the significant trouble and concern this has caused our customers and all other parties involved.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (News Flash+) thread “[Apology and Notice] Travel Booking Site “Skyticket” Suffers Unauthorized Access — Over 14 Million Customer Records Possibly Leaked.”