日本时报有限公司与News2u Holdings, Inc.(东京都千代田区;以下简称“本集团”)特此提供关于与外部专业机构合作进行的调查与监控进展的最新情况,涉及本集团管理的服务器未授权访问事件,此前已于2026年10月2日由日本时报有限公司首次公告。
2026年9月18日,我们确认本集团管理的一台服务器遭受了勒索软件网络攻击。随后在2026年10月15日,我们确认攻击者声称已从本集团窃取的数据已在外部网站上公开。
初步调查显示,受影响的服务器是一台行政文件服务器,使用至2022年8月止。公开的数据可能包括本集团2001年至2022年8月期间的人力资源相关信息以及业务合作伙伴信息。
The Japan Times, Ltd. and News2u Holdings, Inc. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; hereinafter “our Group“) hereby provide an update on the progress of the investigation and monitoring being conducted in cooperation with external specialized organizations regarding the unauthorized access to our Group managed server, originally announced by The Japan Times, Ltd. on October 2, 2026.On September 18, 2026, we confirmed that a server managed by our Group was subjected to a cyberattack using ransomware. Subsequently, on October 15, we confirmed that data claimed by the attacker to have been exfiltrated from our Group was published on an external website.Preliminary investigations indicate that the affected server was an administrative file server utilized by our Group until August 2022. The published data may include HR-related information and business partner information of our Group covering the period from 2001 to August 2022.