The official website of BIC camera is closed, the possibility of leakage of customer information due to illegal use of points by third part

BIC camera closed official site "BIC camera .com".

The point of the user was illegally used by a third party, and there was a possibility that the customer information leaked out.

* Official announcement of BIC camera was added.

Details are as below.
(PDF file)About ID and password misappropriation of net shop members at Internet shopping site

Irregular use such as ID found on BIC camera mail order site - MSN Sankei News

BIC camera: leakage of customer information or unauthorized use of member points - everyday jp (Mainichi Shimbun)

According to the press release of Bic Camera and Sankei Shimbun Inc., the Mainichi Newspaper company reported that illegal use of the member's ID and password was discovered at the BIC camera shopping site "BIC camera.

This means that several hundred thousand yen of points for 20 members are used for purchase by a third party without permission, and digital cameras and others were delivered one after another to 20 non-member addresses. November 12 We received a shipping contact e - mail of items that we do not remember to members on the day, so we were investigating.

Bic camera stops all points use at "BIC camera .com" at the time of the fact of fraudulent use and closed the site from 24 o'clock on 13th, and points to fraudulent members for points I have taken a procedure to undo.

In addition, the number of members of "BIC camera .com" is said to be about 1.5 million, Bic camera seems to have reported to the police office Mejiro, considering that customer information may have leaked to some extent in some form.

Official site of Bic camera which is currently closed. November 15 13:30 It is stating that system maintenance is under way and net shopping and information browsing can not be used. By the way, "Bic camera .com" was rushed to access lucky bags on December 25 last year, as a result of the rush to buy lucky bagsWhen logging in to the member page of "BIC camera .com", a problem such as names and points balance of completely different people is displayedwas doing.

[Bic camera .com] System maintenance is under way now