Japan: data leak at online bookstore Comic Cmoa, up to 4.2 million lines

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Être in the present is est for a singular subject and sont for a plural one. It describes nature, state or place (“is”, “is located”). If what follows (the attribute) is a noun, adjective or prepositional phrase, it is not a passive. If a past participle follows, it is a passive (est annoncé). Headlines and summaries often use the present to describe the current situation.

Un accès non autorisé à la librairie numérique Comic Cmoa a fait fuiter des données de membres.

The passé composé is the most common past tense, used for “did” and “has done” — actions completed in the past. It is formed with the auxiliary avoir (a / ont…) in the present + a past participle. Past participles of -er verbs end in -é (annoncer → annoncé); learn the irregular ones (faire → fait, prendre → pris, voir → vu). In the negative, ne … pas wraps the auxiliary (n’a pas annoncé). In the news it reports facts that have already happened, such as “announced” or “voted”.

NTT Solmare, qui exploite la librairie numérique Comic Cmoa, a annoncé le 21 octobre que jusqu’à environ 4,2 millions de lignes de données de membres avaient fuité.

The imparfait describes states, background, habits and actions in progress in the past (il était, elle avait, ils pensaient). Take the nous form of the present, drop -ons, and add -ais / -ais / -ait / -ions / -iez / -aient. If the passé composé gives “the event itself”, the imparfait paints “the situation at the time”.

Les membres concernés seront prévenus par e-mail ; vérifiez qu’il s’agit bien d’un message officiel.

The futur simple means “will do” or “is planned to”. Add -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont to the infinitive (participer → il participera). Watch the irregular stems: être → ser-, avoir → aur-, aller → ir-, faire → fer-, pouvoir → pourr-, voir → verr-. In the news it is used for fixed plans and outlooks.

Les informations de carte bancaire ne sont pas concernées, et aucune fuite ni perte des historiques d’achat ou de la bibliothèque « MY本棚 » n’est constatée.

The passive means “is done” or “is being done”. It is formed with être + past participle, which agrees with the subject in gender and number (la mesure est adoptée / les mesures sont adoptées). The agent is introduced by par (or de). In the news it is common when the event, rather than the actor, is the focus (est prévu / est annoncé / est connu).

Les membres concernés seront prévenus par e-mail ; vérifiez qu’il s’agit bien d’un message officiel.

The imperative expresses commands, requests and advice. It has no subject: the sentence starts with the verb (Consultez les informations.). The vous form ends in -ez, nous in -ons (Restons prudents.), and tu in -e for -er verbs (Consulte). It is very common in notices and warnings (Vérifiez, Consultez, Restez informé).

Ce qui a fuité, ce qui n’a pas fuité et que faire.

Normally ne and pas wrap the verb. Before a vowel, ne becomes n’. Check which part of the sentence the negation covers. Ne … plus means “no longer”.

Les champs varient selon les membres et une même personne peut être comptée plusieurs fois.

Selon means “according to”. Put a person or organisation after it as the source. It separates facts the writer checked directly from what another body or report said. Citing a source does not turn a forecast into an accomplished fact.

Une adresse e-mail divulguée peut attirer de faux messages ou des tentatives d’escroquerie : n’ouvrez pas les liens sans vérifier.

Put a base-form verb after pouvoir. Peut means “can” or “may”; the conditional pourrait gives a more reserved possibility, “might”. It does not necessarily mean implementation is settled.

Les membres concernés seront prévenus par e-mail ; vérifiez qu’il s’agit bien d’un message officiel.

It explains what something is about: “it is a matter of…”. The il is not a particular man but a formal subject of this construction. The negative il ne s’agit pas de means “this is not about…”.

項目は会員ごとに違い、同じ人の情報が、重複して数えられている可能性があります。

These forms say something may happen. Even when “possibility” is written, it does not mean it will certainly happen. Check whose forecast it is, plus the time and conditions.

これは、一般的な防犯の助言で、会社の指示ではありません。

They negate a noun and similar content. “ではありません” is the polite form and “ではない” the plain form. “成立ではありません” shows that it cannot be said to have been concluded.

「第4報」は、事件について、4回目に出された、公式の知らせです。

As in “予算について”, it shows the topic to be talked about or explained. In the form “〜についての報道”, の is added so that the group qualifies the following noun.

また、同じパスワードを、ほかのサービスでも使っている場合は、念のため、変更することをお勧めします。

ため is used for both reason and purpose. “成立ではないため” is a reason and “運転手を守るため” a purpose. Decide from the whole sentence whether what precedes is a cause or a goal.

会員のデータベースからは、メールアドレス、ハッシュ化したパスワード、ニックネーム、生年月日などの、319件が流出しました。

“暴言など” gives “abusive language” as one example. It is not necessarily a closed list of only the things named. It also helps when reading the scope of a news story.

電子書籍ストアの不正アクセスで、会員の情報が流出しました。

In “発表しました”, ました makes a verb polite past. The negative is “ませんでした”. Read the actual date together with the date and time in the text.