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Approximately 1.08 million email addresses leaked from Osaka city administrative system users; mayor apologizes

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According to Kyodo News, the city of Osaka, Japan, said on November 13 that approximately 1.08 million email addresses of users of the email delivery service for its online administrative system had been leaked. The service provider, arara, suffered unauthorized access. No leaks of names or personal number information have been confirmed. Osaka said it received a report on November 2 from the operator of the online administrative system that commissioned arara to send emails, saying a possible information leak had occurred. An investigation found that the email addresses of recipients of emails sent by the system between July and October had leaked. Osaka also said on November 13 that companies awarded contracts for the "discount coupon" program also used arara's service and were affected by the unauthorized access. Approximately 34,000 email addresses of email delivery service users and approximately 15,000 email addresses of participating merchants were leaked. The mayor 横山英幸 apologized and urged people not to open suspicious emails.

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Article title: About 1.08 million email addresses of users of Osaka's administrative system in Japan leaked, mayor apologizes

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About 1.08 million email addresses of users of Osaka's administrative system in Japan leaked, mayor apologizes

IT之家 November 14 news, according to Kyodo News, on the 13th, the city of Osaka, Japan, said regarding the email sending service of the city's online administrative system that about 1.08 million email addresses of users of the service had been leaked. The service provider arara was subjected to unauthorized access. It is reported that no leakage of names or personal number information has been confirmed.

Osaka said that on the 2nd it received a report from the operator of the online administrative system, which commissioned arara to send emails, saying that a possible information leak had occurred. An investigation found that the email addresses of recipients to whom emails were sent by the system between July and October had leaked.

IT之家 has learned that Osaka also said on the 13th that companies that won orders for the "discount merchandise voucher" business also used arara's services and were affected by the unauthorized access. It is reported that about 34,000 email addresses of users of the email sending service and about 15,000 email addresses of participating merchants leaked.

The mayor 横山英幸 apologized and called on people not to open suspicious emails if they receive them.

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