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Yamaha Motor says data of about 1,600 website members may have leaked
Yamaha Motor said a cyberattack may have exposed information belonging to about 1,600 members of its Yamaha PAS Life website.
The site is a community for users of Yamaha electric-assist bicycles.
The affected server was run by Tokyo-based Commune, a contractor that operates the website for Yamaha.
Information that may have been exposed includes names, addresses, birth dates, gender and member introductions.
Yamaha said the information has not been misused, and payment details were not involved.
The company also said it found no unauthorized access to its own systems.
The incident comes amid several recent reported data breaches at Japanese companies, drawing attention to how businesses and contractors protect personal information.
Yamaha Motor said a cyberattack on a contractor’s server may have exposed personal information belonging to about 1,600 members of its electric-assist bicycle community website.
The potentially exposed information includes names, addresses, dates of birth, gender and members’ self-introductions.
The server was operated by Tokyo-based Commune, which runs the Yamaha PAS Life website on Yamaha Motor’s behalf.
Yamaha Motor said it found no evidence that the information had been misused and no unauthorized access to its own systems.
No credit card or payment information was involved, the company said.
- Who
- About 1,600 members of Yamaha Motor’s electric-assist bicycle community website may have been affected.
- What
- A cyberattack on a contractor’s server may have exposed members’ personal information.
- When
- Yamaha Motor announced the incident on Monday, October 12, 2026. The date of the cyberattack is not stated.
- Where
- On a server operated by Tokyo-based Commune Inc., which runs the Yamaha PAS Life website.
- Why
- The cyberattack may have exposed information stored on the contractor’s server. The source does not state the attacker’s motive.
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A cyberattack on a server operated by Commune may have exposed member information.
Yamaha Motor disclosed the possible exposure and said it had found no evidence of misuse.
- Potentially affected members
- About 1,600
- Website
- Yamaha PAS Life
- Website operator
- Commune Inc., Tokyo
- Potentially exposed information
- Names, addresses, dates of birth, gender and self-introductions
- Payment information
- No credit card or payment information was involved
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