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Recruit suspends Carsensor services after detecting suspicious access
Recruit suspended all services linked to Carsensor on October 17 after detecting suspicious external access to related systems.
Carsensor is a major Japanese used-car listing service, and its listings covered about 520,000 vehicles as of September 2026.
The suspension includes the website and app, as well as C-match, a service dealers use to manage their work.
Car shoppers cannot search listings or contact dealers through Carsensor while the services are down.
Recruit said it is investigating the cause and the extent of any impact to protect customers and business partners.
The services will restart when Recruit has a clearer outlook, and the company said it would announce that timing; some dealers are directing customers to their own websites, phone lines or the Goo-net listing site.
Recruit suspended all services related to its Carsensor.net used-car information site after detecting suspicious external access to related systems.
The suspension includes the website, its app and C-match, a business support service for used-car dealers.
Recruit said it was investigating the cause and the extent of the impact to protect customers and business partners.
The suspension prevents prospective buyers from searching for cars or contacting dealers through Carsensor.
Recruit said it would provide an update when it had a prospect for restarting the services.
- Who
- Recruit suspended the services.
- What
- It temporarily halted all services related to Carsensor.net after detecting suspicious external access to related systems.
- When
- Recruit announced the suspension on October 17.
- Where
- Carsensor.net and related services in Japan.
- Why
- Recruit said it was investigating the cause and impact to protect customers and business partners.
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Recruit announced that it had temporarily suspended all services related to Carsensor.net.
Recruit said it was investigating the cause and impact and would announce a restart prospect when one was established.
- Website
- Carsensor.net
- Suspended services
- Website, app and C-match
- Cars listed
- About 520,000 used cars as of September 2026
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