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Japan's LINE Yahoo reports 7.1 million customer records leaked from game app
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Japan's LINE Yahoo reports 7.1 million customer records leaked from game app

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Japan's LINE Yahoo announced that approximately 7.1 million customer records were leaked from its LINE messaging app's 'LINE Game' service.
  • The data breach occurred between May 2022 and April of the current year, with personal information like names and addresses not included, but encrypted user data was compromised.
  • LINE Yahoo apologized for the inconvenience and pledged to implement measures to prevent recurrence.

LINE Yahoo, the operator of Japan's popular LINE messaging app, has disclosed a significant data breach affecting its 'LINE Game' service. The company announced that around 7.1 million customer records were compromised between May 2022 and April of this year.

According to Nikkei Asia, the leaked personal information was encrypted. The affected games include "LINE Pokopoko," "LINE Pokopang Town," and "LINE Pokopang," the latter of which ceased service last month. The breach reportedly stemmed from an external tool linked for checking and analyzing advertising performance, which was misconfigured in May 2022, leading to the automatic and continuous leakage of data until April.

LINE Yahoo stated that the compromised data did not include sensitive personal details such as users' names, addresses, phone numbers, or credit card information. However, the company issued a formal apology for the "great inconvenience and worry" caused to its users and committed to strengthening its preventative measures against future incidents.

We deeply apologize for causing great inconvenience and worry to our users and will strive to prevent recurrence.

— LINE YahooLINE Yahoo's statement following the announcement of the data breach.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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