A wave of unauthorized access targeting companies has led to a series of personal data leaks, and at a subsidiary of GMO Internet Group, secondary damage was also confirmed in which members' points were fraudulently exchanged. GMO Research & AI announced that its survey site infoQ suffered unauthorized access, leaking the names, phone numbers and other data of 948,498 registered members, and it was found that points totaling 2.86 million yen belonging to some members had been exchanged for Amazon gift codes; the company will compensate the full amount. Mr. Max Holdings, which operates discount stores, also disclosed on the 6th that the phone numbers, email addresses and other data of up to 1,735,154 members of its store-operating company's app and online store had leaked. In addition, Daiwa Securities said data on about 110,000 customers may have been compromised, and Citizen Watch said data on about 100,000 customers may have leaked, among other incidents, with cyberattacks showing no sign of letting up. It has also been pointed out that the spread of artificial intelligence is casting a shadow as a background factor behind the surge.