Former employee Was taken out aiming hard disk to be discarded December 9 18:41
Former employees of a data erasure company who were arrested for stealing another disk due to the issue of Kanagawa prefectural government hard disks being sold at online auctions, mainly those that were to be discarded rather than recycled after erasing data I found out that it was brought out by interviewing the investigators. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is investigating that it aimed to not discover if it will be discarded.
Due to this problem, Yuichi Takahashi, a former employee of a data erasure company in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, who undertook the disposal of 18 hard disks in the Kanagawa Prefectural Government Office, was arrested on suspicion of stealing another 12 hard disks. On the other hand, the Kanagawa Prefectural Government also accepts the matter.
The hard disk was taken out from the data erasing room in the Ota-ku office in Tokyo, but it was not recycled after erasing the data in the subsequent investigation, but it will be made unusable by drilling holes etc. I was able to understand that I was taking it around mainly by investigating the investigators.
Personal belongings were forbidden to be brought into the data erasure room, but from the security camera images, allegedly Takahashi brought backpacks and took them out of a pile of things to be discarded.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is investigating that it aimed to not discover if it will be discarded.
Local governments to strengthen measures
Some local governments are strengthening measures to prevent the leakage of data containing large amounts of personal information.
In Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, the hard disk itself is thoroughly taken out of the city hall.
Four years ago, the city purchased a machine that erased hard disk data by applying strong magnetism to the Information Policy Division for about 540,000 yen.
Since the data can be erased in the city hall, it can be said that the risk caused by taking the hard disk outside can be avoided.
When processing a large amount of hard disks at one time, such as updating the system, the work is entrusted to a supplier, but the data is erased in the city hall in the presence of the staff to confirm that it has been securely erased. I have decided.
In addition, when deciding on a hard disk lease agreement, the hard disk itself does not need to be returned in principle even after the lease period is over, and we pay close attention to data leakage.
Yokosuka City Information Policy Division Chief Hideo Kojima said, “It is important not to leave it to the contractor with the consciousness of keeping important data for the residents. I always try to check it. ”