Trustbank confirms data breach affecting 4.45 million Furusato Choice members
Trustbank said the breach, which exposed names, emails, addresses and hashed passwords, occurred on October 17 and was detected two days later.
Trustbank announced on October 20 that it has confirmed a data breach in which the member information of 4,454,097 people on its Furusato Choice hometown-tax donation site was leaked externally through unauthorized access, according to ascii.jp.
The exposed data includes names, email addresses, addresses, phone numbers, hashed passwords and estimated donation-deduction amounts, the company said.
Trustbank said the unauthorized access occurred on October 17. It detected unusual access patterns on October 19, launched an investigation and then confirmed the leak of member information.
The company suspended related services at 3:50 p.m. on October 19 and is investigating the cause and the scope of the impact together with outside experts.
Trustbank is asking users to change their passwords on any other services where they use the same email address and password combination as their Furusato Choice account.
Quick answers
How many people were affected by the Furusato Choice data breach?
Trustbank confirmed that the member information of 4,454,097 people was leaked externally.
What information was leaked?
Names, email addresses, addresses, phone numbers, hashed passwords and estimated donation-deduction amounts.
What should Furusato Choice users do?
Trustbank asks users to change their passwords on any other services that use the same email address and password combination.