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Benefit One platform bug exposed data of 13,460 employees
Original: Benefit One, a major Japanese employee benefits provider, says a survey download feature on its client platform gave one
Benefit One, a major Japanese employee benefits provider, disclosed that a survey download feature on its client platform leaked data belonging to 13,460 employees across 2,322 other organizations. The flaw let one client's administrator access names, employee numbers, dates of birth, departments and positions of workers at unrelated companies, prompting concern about access controls on Japanese benefits platforms.
Why now: The newly disclosed data breach affected employees at thousands of organizations, raising concerns about corporate data security in Japan.
Evidence
- Benefit One, a major Japanese employee benefits provider, says a survey download feature on its client platform gave one client's administrator data on 13,460 employees of 2,322 other organizations: names, employee numbers, dates of birth, departments and positions. The bug… · japancyberwatch@infosec.exchange · 1
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