[Understand all at once] What is happening now with a series of personal information leaks?

There have been a number of cases of personal information being leaked due to unauthorized access to companies. Why is it continuing now? What are the risks if personal information is leaked, and how can you prevent it?

What is happening with the series of unauthorized accesses?

On September 28th, the management group of the car-sharing service ``Times Car'' announced that up to 6.6 million members' personal information had been leaked. Even in October, a wide range of industries including Daiwa Securities, Yakiniku King, and Lawson have announced damage. There have been cases in which personal information has been leaked in over 10 million cases.

Why is it happening one after another recently?

It has not been confirmed that a specific attacker is carrying out a series of attacks, and the exact reason for the continued damage is unknown.

There has been a spate of announcements recently, some of which were announced immediately after the attack, and some of which had been attacked before and were only announced now. In some cases, cloud services have been damaged, widely affecting the many companies and organizations that use those services.

Is AI used in attacks?