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#5 BleepingComputer general July 08, 2026 at 11:24 UTC

Telco giant KDDI says data breach affects over 12 million people

By Sergiu Gatlan

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Japanese telecom giant KDDI disclosed a breach affecting over 12 million customers, exposing email addresses and passwords from an email platform shared across five ISPs. The breach compromised webmail services and email storage, representing one of the largest telecom data exposures in Japan in recent years. Affected users across KDDI's ISP ecosystem should rotate credentials and enable MFA immediately.

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