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Rakuten denies 100M member data leak, confirms smaller breach

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Rakuten Group, Inc. has denied claims made on a cybercrime forum that over 100 million member records were being sold. The Japanese company stated that the sample data provided does not correspond to any of their real accounts. This denial comes on the same day Rakuten confirmed a separate breach affecting 15,382 Rakuten Drive accounts, highlighting the challenges tech giants face in maintaining public trust. AI

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Rakuten denies 100M member data leak, confirms smaller breach

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · asiaai ·

    A cybercrime forum claim that 100M+ Rakuten member records were up for sale has been flatly denied by the Japanese giant, which says sample data doesn't match a

    A cybercrime forum claim that 100M+ Rakuten member records were up for sale has been flatly denied by the Japanese giant, which says sample data doesn't match any real accounts. Yet, the reputational damage is already compounding: on the very same day, Rakuten had to admit to a s…

    LINKS asiaai.fyi/rakuten-denies-100m-member-dat…

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