JAPAN PENSION SERVICE

JAPAN PENSION SERVICE

The staff computer systems of Japan Pension Service were improperly accessed by an external email virus that leaked the personal information of more than a million cases.

The leaked information involved combinations of names, identification numbers, birth dates and addresses of some 1.25 million people.

The pension service was setting up a team to investigate the cause and took preventive steps to secure the systems.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-pensions-attacks-idUSKBN0OH1OP20150601

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/japan-pension-service

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