VPN breach exposed 246,000 Japanese government personnel records

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Daily Cyber News: VPN breach exposed 246,000 Japanese government personnel records Government employees face increased impersonation and phishing risk after a V P N-related breach at Japan’s Digital Agency. Around two hundred forty six thousand record rows containing personal information may have been exposed after an attacker exploited a known, medium-severity V P N issue and accessed a maintenance and operations account. The investigation began when the agency detected large-scale file access on June 25th. For more cybersecurity news and the full Daily Cyber newsletter, visit DailyCyber.News.Cybersecurity training, courses, books, and resources: BareMetalCyber.com. Topics: cybersecurity news, cybersecurity, cyber risk, phishing, breach, exposed, Japanese, government, personnel, records.

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