Kanagawa HDD leak case Data erasure company Former employee sentenced to two years in prison May 11, 12:22
In a trial in which a hard disk of the Kanagawa prefectural government, etc. was put up for sale on an online auction, a large amount of personal information was leaked, and a former employee of a data erasure company was charged with theft, the prosecution said, `` The customer's information is at risk. The result was serious, ”and I was sentenced to two years in prison.
Yuichi Takahashi (51), a former employee of "Blow Drink" in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, who is responsible for erasing and disposing of hard disk data, was responsible for over 50 hard disks, including 18 hard disks from Kanagawa Prefectural Government, from adulthood to last year. He is accused of being stolen from the place.
The defendant asked a question at the Tokyo District Court on the 11th, and the defendant said, "I had put up after confirming that there was no data left, but as a result the data was restored and it was discovered. It was. "
The prosecutor's office sentenced him to two years in prison, saying, "The addictive nature of crimes is remarkable, and the consequences of jeopardizing customer information are also serious."
On the other hand, the defendant's lawyer demanded a suspension of execution, saying, "We have fully reimbursed the 19 million yen invoiced by the company where I worked and paid full consideration."
The ruling is scheduled for June 9.