Line admits over 4,200 accounts were hacked in February

I've been getting quite a few messages that look like phishing scams, but how do they know my email address?

I haven't got any such messages in a while. I would make your id private and disable access to phonebook if you haven't already.

why I haven't done a Line in 25+ years and even then it was total crap

Considering more than a hundred million yahoo accounts were breached twice, Line seems pretty secure.

why I haven't done a Line in 25+ years and even then it was total crap

LINE was created in 2011 as an internal company communication network so people could talk to each other in the aftermath of the earthquake.

macv

Lmfao yeah, let's not even touch on the tragedy by the name of Facebook or Yahoo. 4000 accounts out of millions is practically nothing. Quit overreacting for upvotes.

Japan needs to have better governance for releasing how this happened

LINE was created in 2011 as an internal company communication network so people could talk to each other in the aftermath of the earthquake.

Whoosh!

At least LINE itself wasn't hacked. Phishing occurs at a regular basis across all platforms.