It has been discovered that employees of TEPCO's holding company and others were illegally viewing customer information held by a subsidiary that handles power transmission and distribution, and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Saito will investigate the circumstances surrounding the unauthorized viewing and take action. I showed my thoughts.
Until January this year, more than 70 employees of TEPCO's holding company and subsidiaries involved in renewable energy business had access to customer contact information and other information held by another subsidiary that handles electricity transmission and distribution. It was announced that the site had been accessed illegally for approximately four years.
Employees of the holding company allegedly used the fraudulently viewed customer information in compensation procedures following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident and land negotiations related to renewable energy projects.
Regarding this, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Saito said at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting on the 29th, ``Currently, the Electricity and Gas Trade Surveillance Commission is collecting reports, and the facts, such as the circumstances of the information leak and the status of viewing at affiliated companies, are being collected.'' "We are investigating the matter," he said, and indicated that he would take appropriate action based on the findings of the investigation.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Electricity and Gas Trading Surveillance Commission will request TEPCO to report by the end of next month the cause of this unauthorized viewing and measures to prevent it from happening again.