{"id":180206,"date":"2026-10-08T10:54:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180206&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:54:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:54:40","slug":"nimoca-confirms-leak-of-521-users-personal-information","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/nimoca-confirms-leak-of-521-users-personal-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Nimoca confirms leak of 521 users\u2019 personal information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nishitetsu\u2019s Nimoca transit card service has confirmed that unauthorized access exposed personal information for 521 users. The leaked data included card numbers, dates of birth and email addresses. Names, addresses, phone numbers, gender and travel histories were not leaked. Nine customers reported unexpected registration emails on Oct. 4, prompting the company to suspend the affected inquiry service that afternoon. Nimoca cards can still be used normally. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ntv.co.jp\/n\/fbs\/category\/society\/fsaec4ef990cf749b7a899bee6632b5798\" target=\"_blank\">FBS News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fnn.jp\/articles\/-\/1127558\" target=\"_blank\">TNC News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_nimoca-card-nishitetsu_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1000%2C563&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_nimoca-card-nishitetsu_2026_cl.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_nimoca-card-nishitetsu_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_nimoca-card-nishitetsu_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimoca.jp\/buy\" target=\"_blank\">Nimoca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nishitetsu\u2019s Nimoca transit card service has confirmed that unauthorized access exposed personal information for 521 users. The leaked data included card numbers, dates of birth and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180206","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}