Medica Publishing

2LowConfirmedAnnounced

An intruder used valid account credentials to enter the internal network in a ransomware attack. About 641,000 people (possibly duplicated) may be affected; the data items have not been published.

This incident was imported from a dataset that compiles public announcements, and we are still checking it against the sources. Counts and causes will be updated after the check. Sources are in Japanese.

Cause
Ransomware, Unauthorized access
Occurred
2026-03-13
Sector
Media & publishing
Operational impact
None

Data involved

DataStatusCountGroupEvidence
CredentialsLeak confirmedNot disclosed—Source(opens in a new tab)

Counts are the figures the organization announced. Because the same person may be counted more than once, we do not add the rows together.

What users should do

  • Change your password
  • Change the password on other services where you reused it

General steps based on the type of data involved. Check the organization’s notice or help line to see whether you are affected.

Tools for this kind of attack

Picked from the cause of the incident: tools that help you check your own systems for the same kind of weakness, or spot the warning signs.

Wazuh

Impact Local only
wazuh/wazuh

A free security platform (SIEM/XDR) that collects logs, configuration, and vulnerability data from agents on your endpoints and shows it all in one dashboard.

Purpose
Defense
Type
Self-hosted server
Difficulty
Advanced
License
CopyleftGPL-2.0(一部の構成要素は Apache-2.0)
Category
Vulnerability scanning / Forensics
Actively updatedstars17,410Last update 2026-10-24
Read the Wazuh review

Vuls

Impact Reaches others
future-architect/vuls

An agentless vulnerability scanner that checks the packages installed on a server and lists the ones affected by known CVEs.

Purpose
Defense
Type
Command line
Difficulty
Intermediate
License
CopyleftGPL-3.0
Category
Vulnerability scanning
Actively updatedstars12,302Last update 2026-10-21
Read the Vuls review

Suricata

Impact Reaches others
OISF/suricata

An intrusion detection and prevention engine (IDS/IPS) that matches network traffic against rules and records suspicious activity as alerts.

Purpose
Defense
Type
Self-hosted server
Difficulty
Intermediate
License
CopyleftGPL-2.0
Category
Network
Actively updatedstars6,773Last update 2026-10-23
Read the Suricata review

Sources

  1. メディカ出版:不正アクセス(ランサムウェア)事案に関する調査結果および再発防止策のご報告www.medica.co.jp · Published 2026-05-13(opens in a new tab)
  2. システム障害に関するお詫びと現在の状況についてwww.medica.co.jp · Published 2026-03-13(opens in a new tab)
  3. 不正アクセス(ランサムウェア)被害によるシステム障害および情報漏えいに関するお詫びとご報告www.medica.co.jp · Published 2026-03-17(opens in a new tab)
  4. 不正アクセス(ランサムウェア)被害に関するご報告と現在の状況について(第2報)www.medica.co.jp · Published 2026-03-25(opens in a new tab)
  5. 不正アクセス(ランサムウェア)被害に関するご報告と現在の状況について(第3報)www.medica.co.jp · Published 2026-04-09(opens in a new tab)