JP Benesse Corporation 2013 Misuse (Q12162)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | JP Benesse Corporation 2013 Misuse |
A data breach risk event |
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January 2013
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Information leaked from Benesse Corp. includes personal data on people who never had a contract with the company, its parent company said Tuesday. According to Benesse Holdings Inc., the data not only dealt with customers of the subsidiarys mainstay education services, but also information related to the firms lifestyle business services collected at its events and other occasions. The leaked data was stored in a smartphone used by a system engineer arrested last week for allegedly copying trade secrets from the company, Chikara Matsumoto, chief risk management officer of Benesse Holdings, said at a news conference. So far, it is known that personal information on some 23 million people leaked from the subsidiary. Benesse Corp. said Monday that data on some 22.6 million people was found o (English)
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