Aomori Hirosaki City's personal information leaked 13:25 on December 13

It is clear that personal information including addresses and salaries of more than 2,700 people, including all employees in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, seems to have leaked to the outside, and the city is investigating the detailed circumstances.

This was clarified at a press conference in the morning of Hirosaki City on the 13th.

According to it, the personal information of 2747 people, including all employees and part-time employees working at the city hall, city school board, city hospital, fire department etc. Electronic data.

The data includes about 70 items of information such as name, address, salary, and final education.

Last month, on the 2nd of this month, an anonymous email was sent to the personnel department of the city saying, “A list containing the personal information of employees has leaked. Is it okay?” An anonymous email with personal information about was sent and the investigation began.

Data such as staff is stored on the shared server of the personnel department, and only about 20 staff members of the personnel department can access it, so the city may have leaked data from staff or unauthorized access from outside I am investigating that there is sex.

“Since I feel uneasy for both citizens and staff, I would like to investigate the cause firmly,” says Shinichi Horikawa, Director of the Hirosaki City Human Resources Division.