SOURCENEXT member data breach
Add to my breach checkMade public · 22,519,960 member records possibly leaked
What leaked10
Replaceable
- Plain-text password
Hard to replace
- Mobile number
- Home or delivery address
- Email address
- Employer
- Job title
- Other profile data
Permanent
- Date of birth
- Full name
- Gender
- Plain-text passwordSOURCENEXT told ITmedia the passwords were stored encrypted but leaked in decrypted form; its notice lists 'password' only as possibly leaked
- Mobile numberphone and fax numbers · the notice does not say mobile or landline
- Employercompany name and department
- Full namename and its kana reading
- Other profile datasubscribed services, registration and login dates
To-dos6 · about 1 h 30 min in all
- Change the leaked password everywhere you reused itStops: account takeover
- Use an authenticator app or passkey instead of SMS codesLimits harm from: account takeover, SMS code theft
- Turn on two-step sign-in for email and bankingLimits harm from: account takeover
- Know the scam pattern: calls and texts that cite these leaked detailsLimits harm from: scam calls, phishing messages
- Turn on instant transaction alertsHelps you notice: scam calls
- Remove your address and phone from public profiles and tighten SNS privacyLimits harm from: visits or contact at home
What happened next9 events
- Undetected 2 events4 days · show events
- Response 7 eventsNotice in 2 days · Back to latest
- RemedyNone on record
- PenaltyNone on record
- DisputesNone on record
Response: 7 events
Back to latest- Consulted the local police
- Began emailing affected members; letters planned for those without an email address
- Opened a dedicated hotline, inquiry form and FAQ
- Reported to the Personal Information Protection Commission
- Announced that data of 22,519,960 member records may have leaked
- Blocked the malicious traffic and contained the intrusion
- Invalidated every member's password and required a reset at next login
- Company
- SOURCENEXT
- When it happened
- –
- Company detected it
- Made public
- Notice
- Leak confirmed
- Affected
- 22,519,960 member records possibly leaked · everyone registered by October 13, 2026 13:36; fields differ by member
Sources
- ソースネクスト company notice (opens in a new tab)checked October 23, 2026
- ソースネクスト company notice, FAQ (opens in a new tab)checked October 23, 2026
- ITmedia NEWS press (opens in a new tab)checked October 23, 2026