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Park24 says a hacker viewed or improperly obtained names, addresses, driver's license images and other data from about 6.6 million Times Car and Times Business Service accounts, but that credit-card numbers were not leaked and passwords were stored in a form the company says cannot be read.
A feared UK restructuring hit came in at ¥8.724 billion instead of the ¥25.0 billion assumed in March, while a ¥31.087 billion deferred-tax benefit was pulled into the first half instead of the final quarter. That sent full-year net profit guidance to ¥44.0 billion from ¥26.0 billion even as sales and operating profit guidance only edged up to ¥411.0 billion and ¥42.5 billion, and the company will stop monthly overseas parking commentary after the restructuring.