Sakata Seed says data on about 44,000 partners may be leaked after server breach

• Sakata Seed completed its probe into two cyber intrusions, including unauthorized access to company servers disclosed on Nov. 17, 2025.
• Personal data tied to customers, business partners, job applicants, and employees may have been accessed or leaked; about 56,700 records were potentially affected.
• Log analysis pointed to a public remote-access server as the entry point, with a possibility that administrator privileges were obtained.
• A separate breach at its U.S. consolidated unit was detected on Jan. 21, 2026; intrusion may have originated from remote-access credentials.
• No secondary misuse has been confirmed; the U.S. unit reported no significant operational impact, with business continuing as usual.

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