The personal information of more than 1.7 million users of Omiai, Japan’s biggest dating app, may have been leaked as a result of the hack.
In a statement last week Net Marketing Co., the operator of the Omiai dating app, said it detected unauthorized access to its servers in April. Net Marketing said the intruders may have stolen customer information provided to the company between January 2018 and April 2021, adding that the investigation found that its data server was hacked at least several times last month.
The exposed data included photos of ID used to confirm the age of users, including drivers’ licenses, insurance cards and passports. Credit card data was not affected in the hack, the company said.
Net Marketing said it did not find any evidence the exposed data was misused.
Over the weekend, the Omiai operator released a separate statement disclosing a glitch in the management system of its corporate site, due to which customers who used the inquiry form on the site could view personal information of other users. The company said this issue has already been addressed and is not related to the hack.