Skyliner suffered a cyber attack and 3.37 million personal data may have been leaked.
[News Channel Now] Japan's Keisei Electric Railway Skyliner high-speed train connecting Ueno Airport and Tokyo's Narita is suspected to have been attacked by a cyber attack, and personal information of no less than 3.37 million people is estimated to have been leaked.
Keisei Electric Railway stated that it discovered that the train's online seat reservation system was accessed by external intrusions. As many as 3.37 million personal data are estimated to have been leaked, including passenger names, phone numbers and email accounts. Regarding the account passwords, it is encrypted and it cannot be believed that it cannot be deciphered and read by third parties.
The company will send an email to notify affected passengers. In order to strengthen information security, the company also suspended the service for passengers to reserve Skyliner seats through the online system. Passengers must approach the station's automatic ticket machine or ticket window to purchase tickets.