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Iris Ohyama says cloud breach may have exposed 7.7 million people
Japanese manufacturer Iris Ohyama said personal data for about 7.7 million Iris Plaza customers and others may have been accessed after unauthorized use of a third-party cloud service.
Japanese household-goods maker Iris Ohyama said personal information belonging to about 7.7 million people may have been exposed after unauthorized access to a third-party cloud service used by its Iris Plaza online store, BleepingComputer reported1.
The company found the incident late last month and first disclosed it on Oct. 29 with limited detail, along with a notice that the site would be suspended, according to BleepingComputer1. In an update this week, it said it had found a suspicious file in an external cloud used by the store, then suspended Iris Plaza and related systems and confirmed unauthorized third-party access1.
Investigators have not finished counting records, BleepingComputer said, but the company put the possible impact at up to 5.8 million registered and former members and 1.9 million non-members1. Iris Plaza is the group's online storefront for products including storage, lighting, appliances and garden goods1.
Data that may have been accessed includes full names, physical addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, gender, dates of birth and account passwords, the company's notice said, as reported by BleepingComputer1. Types vary by person; former members do not have stored passwords1. Iris Plaza said it stores passwords for active members in encrypted form but did not name the scheme1.
The company said credit card information was not stored in the affected cloud service1. As of Nov. 5, it had received no reports of misuse of the exposed information or financial loss tied to the incident, BleepingComputer reported1.
The online store SIMPLE STYLE and related systems were suspended on Oct. 28, as were sites for Iris Tech Service Co. offerings such as appliance subscriptions and furniture and appliance delivery, according to the report1. Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission and police were notified on Oct. 29, 20261.
BleepingComputer asked whether a ransom had been demanded1. A spokesperson said the company received no direct communications from the attacker and had not identified the perpetrators1.
