JR West homepage was tampered with a phishing site on September 3 at 23:45
JR West announced that on the 3rd of the night, a part of its homepage was altered by someone and a so-called "phishing scam" site was displayed to guide users to enter credit card information. did.
According to JR West, the page that had been altered on the homepage was the operation schedule of the limited express "Panda Kuroshio" connecting Kyoto Station and Shingu Station in Wakayama Prefecture.
When you access here, a suspicious site that asks you to answer a questionnaire is displayed, prompting the user to enter credit card information.
On the afternoon of the first day, an employee noticed something unusual, and when a homepage management company examined it, it was confirmed that someone had tampered with the rented server. It is considered a "phishing scam".
JR West has already closed pages that have been tampered with, and after 4th a dedicated toll-free number will be installed to respond to user inquiries.
JR West commented, “I ’m sorry for the inconvenience. I ’d like to take measures as soon as the cause becomes clear.”