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Breach Record

Nikkei

DISCLOSED 2026-10-08 · RANSOMWARE

Nikkei disclosed that employees' Microsoft and Google email accounts were breached. The company has not attributed the attacks to a specific threat actor or determined if the incidents are connected. This follows previous security incidents, including a Slack breach affecting over 17,000 people and a ransomware attack on its Singapore subsidiary in 2022.

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What we know

Disclosed
2026-10-08
Attack vector
Ransomware
Sector
media
Country
Japan
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