5 leaked hard disks recovered 4 remaining still unknown Kanagawa Prefectural Government December 20, 18:04
5 out of the 9 hard disks that had been lost due to the problem that the hard disk of Kanagawa Prefectural Government Office, which contained a large amount of personal information, was sent to the Internet auction and was leaked. understood.
In the case where 18 hard disks in Kanagawa Prefecture containing personal information were listed and sold in online auctions by a former employee of a data erasure company that had been contracted for disposal, 9 of them were missing.
Nine of these were sold on three separate accounts, and the prefecture sent an email to the owner of the account for cooperation in the collection through the Internet auction operator.
As a result, on the 18th, two people who made a successful bid contacted about 5 items in total, and it was confirmed that the hard disk concerned.
From the story of two people, the prefecture judged that it was not restored or saved so that the contents of the data could be read, and handed over a new replacement and recovered 5 hard disks.
The remaining 4 accounts that have won the bid are still unknown, so Kanagawa Prefecture is calling for “if you receive an email, please contact the prefecture or the police.”