{"id":180675,"date":"2026-10-30T10:36:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T01:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180675&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-10-30T10:36:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T01:36:31","slug":"kyushu-university-warns-of-possible-leak-affecting-9999-records","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-university-warns-of-possible-leak-affecting-9999-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu University warns of possible leak affecting 9,999 records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kyushu University said on Oct. 28 that unauthorized access may have exposed up to 9,999 names and email addresses. The affected service, Blastmail, was used to distribute messages for the university\u2019s alumni association. The university also disclosed unauthorized access to its hospital\u2019s clinical-trial management system. Account information and login IDs for nine staff members may have been leaked in that incident. The university apologized and said it would take measures to prevent a recurrence based on the investigation. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsdig.tbs.co.jp\/articles\/rkb\/3044491?display=1\" target=\"_blank\">RKB News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/ja\/notices\/view\/3198\" target=\"_blank\">Kyushu University<\/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_kyushu-university-bldg_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kyushu-university-bldg_2026_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kyushu-university-bldg_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kyushu-university-bldg_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_kyushu-university-bldg_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Fukuoka Now<\/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>Kyushu University said on Oct. 28 that unauthorized access may have exposed up to 9,999 names and email addresses. The affected service, Blastmail, was used to distribute messages for the university\u2019s alumni&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180675","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","location-nishi-ku","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180675","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=180675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}