The vicious Yakuza organized crime syndicates still exist in Japan, posing a menace to the populace through gangland killings and extortion. Local organizations in communities are established to assist people who associate with gangsters; however, one of these organizations has been compromised, which may have an impact on the victims’ physical safety.
After a successful phishing attempt, the Kumamoto Prefecture Violence Prevention Movement Promotion Center reported that a data breach had affected 2,500 users of its counseling services, which help with everything from avoiding extortion to separating romantically from Yakuza members.
“On November 15th, a center staff member was directed to a support fraud website while working and was illegally accessed,” according to an “apology” notice on the agency’s website (via Google Translate). “When the staff member noticed something was wrong, he immediately cut off the power and network connection of the computer terminal, but we cannot deny the possibility that data, including personal information used in work, may have been leaked.”
That information could include addresses, phone numbers, and names: “If you receive a phone call or mail using the name or staff of the ‘Violence Prevention Movement Promotion Center’ at your address or workplace, please immediately report it … without responding to the request of the other party or opening the mail.”
However, syndicates searching for individuals who have left “the life” or escaped extortion victims may find the information useful in addition to follow-up phishing or scam calls. Those who might have been impacted are being contacted by the center.
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