Kanagawa Prefecture data leaked to arrest office worker contracted for disposal Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department December 7, 0:20
The Kanagawa Prefectural Office's 18 hard disks containing a large amount of personal information were sent to a network auction by employees in charge of a company that was contracted to erase and discard data. It was found through interviews with investigators that we have established a policy to arrest employees.
The problem was that an employee in charge of “Blow Drink” in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, who was responsible for erasing and disposing of the hard disk data used at the Kanagawa Prefectural Government Office, brought out 18 hard disks without processing it. It was exhibited at the auction site.
The Metropolitan Police Department listened to the situation arbitrarily from employees in charge, but it was found in interviews with investigators that the firm decided to arrest it on the suspicion of stealing the hard disk from the workplace.
According to Kanagawa Prefecture, the 18 outflows confirmed have a capacity of 3 terabytes, and administrative documents containing a large amount of personal information such as tax payment notices with the names of individuals and companies are accumulated. That there was something.
All of them have already been awarded, 9 of which have not been collected yet, and 5 or 6 other hard disks have been found in the bag of the employee in charge.
The Metropolitan Police Department will investigate the actual situation and detailed details of large-scale spills.