Nissan

Disclosed Oct 30, 20065,379,909 affectedUnverified

Database of 5.38 million Nissan customers leaked in Japan

Japanese weekly The Weekly Asahi reported that a Nissan database of customer names, genders, birth dates, addresses, phone numbers, vehicle models and license plates leaked sometime between May 2003 and February 2004.

What is known

People affected	5,379,909 (as reported by the organization)
Disclosed	Oct 30, 2006
Attack	Not stated
Data exposed	NamesDates of birthAddressesPhone numbersOther
Sector	Manufacturing · JP
Status	Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization

Sources

Newsweb.archive.org

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse: A Chronology of Data Breaches (archived December 2008)

Notices filed

TotalOct 30, 2006

Research5,379,909 people

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History of this record

Added2026-09-25

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First seen 2026-09-25 (Research). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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