Nikkei Discloses Two Employee Cloud Account Compromises

October 5, 2026 · 1:15 pm 3 sources

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• Japanese media group Nikkei discloses cyberattack targeting journalistic sources
  The Record by Recorded Future News · October 5, 2026 13:15
  The Japanese media giant Nikkei disclosed a cyber incident involving an employee email account that may have compromised journalistic sources.
• Nikkei discloses breaches of employees’ Microsoft, Google email accounts
  BleepingComputer · October 6, 2026 09:25
  Over the weekend, Japanese publishing giant Nikkei disclosed that unknown attackers recently breached two employee email accounts and used one to send thousands of phishing emails. [...]
• Nikkei Discloses Two Employee Cloud Account Compromises
  Infosecurity Magazine · October 6, 2026 14:00
  Nikkei says two employee cloud accounts were accessed, with one used to send 9,000 phishing emails