Japan’s largest travel agency JTB Corp says 7.93 million passport details, and home and email addresses may have been stolen by hackers.
Executives at the company held a press conference bowing in apology for the feared breach and telling local media it may have stemmed from staffer who opened phishing-borne malware.
The company felt the need to point out that some 43,00 of the passports are still valid, indicating the breached database also contained old records.
Original Source: The Register
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