A company employee in his thirties was arrested for illegally accessing the server of an electric meter manufacturer where he used to work and obstructing business by deleting product data.
It is believed that he used the ID of a colleague obtained when he was working as a system administrator to break into the company's network, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating in detail.
He denies the allegations against the investigation.
Keisuke Kumagai (33), a company employee from Ageo City, Saitama Prefecture, was arrested.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, in June last year, he illegally infiltrated the internal network of an electric meter manufacturer in Tokyo where he used to work, deleted product data from the server, and interfered with business. is suspected.
The suspect used to work as a system administrator at this company, and it is believed that he used the ID and password of his colleague to infiltrate the company network and remotely control the employee's computer. am.
The company was able to restore the data because it had backed it up, but it took about half a year to restore it.
In response to the investigation, he denies the charges, saying, "I didn't do it."