GMO Internet checks purported customer data posted after cloud desktop breach

TechCrunch reported on October 27 that GMO Internet was checking whether information posted by a suspected attacker was genuine after a breach of its Onamae cloud desktop service. The Register reports GMO warned that 26,739 virtual desktop servers may have been hit. GMO advised customers to change their trading-service passwords and asked trading platforms to terminate active sessions and block trades from the service.