Yamaha Motor reports potential data leak of 1,600 members

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announced that the personal information of approximately 1,600 members of its community site, ‘YAMAHA PAS Life’, may have been viewed or acquired by a third party. The incident resulted from unauthorized access to the servers of Commune Corporation, the provider of the site's infrastructure. Yamaha Motor stated that no unauthorized access to its own internal systems has been confirmed.

The potential leak occurred on October 6 between approximately 7:18 PM and 9:02 PM. The compromised data may include names, dates of birth, gender, addresses, email addresses, member IDs, nicknames, self-introductions, and group affiliations. Credit card and payment information were not included in the affected data.

As of the announcement, there have been no confirmed reports of the information being misused or published online. Yamaha Motor plans to contact affected individuals directly and has advised users to remain cautious of suspicious links, attachments, or requests for personal information and passwords.