Sharefull data breach

What happened

Sharefull, which runs the Japanese short-shift job app of the same name, said on November 9, 2026 that an outsider broke into its internal management system and that data in up to about 7.5 million user accounts may have been taken. For workers, the data includes name (with phonetic reading), phone number, email address, home address, date of birth, the bank account used for wage payments (without PINs or passwords), a link to the stored face photo, emergency contacts with their relationship and phone number, residence status details and account attributes. Up to about 7,500 hiring companies are also involved, with company and contact-person details and some sales records. Sharefull says wage and point data, work records, ID document images and card data were not in the affected data, and it has reported the incident to police and is filing with Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission.

What should I do?

1. Be wary of emails, texts and calls claiming to be from Sharefull, a bank or an employer, and don't open links or attachments you weren't expecting.
2. Sharefull says it will never ask for bank PINs or passwords by phone or email; never give them out in reply to a message.
3. Check the bank account you registered for wage payments for transactions or messages you don't recognize.
4. Let the person you listed as your emergency contact know they may receive scam calls that use your name.
5. If you posted jobs as a company, watch for fake invoices or requests to change payment details that appear to come from Sharefull or job seekers.

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