JP Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2009 Misuse (Q14993)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | JP Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2009 Misuse |
A data breach risk event |
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BE969358-83C2-4313-8507-2AAF586629AE
January 2009
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The Yomiuri Shimbun has an article on the Mitsubishi UFJ breach reported earlier this week that suggests difficulties the prosecutors may face. In this case, a (now-former) employee allegedly used a co-workers credentials to access a database to which he already had authorized access. Using the co-workers credentials, he accessed and copied data on 1,486,651 clients onto a CD, and then e-mailed data on 49,159 clients from his home computer to three personal list dealers, receiving 328,000 yen ($3,272.11) for the records. When he came under suspicion in March, he reportedly turned the CD over to the company. And therein may lie the prosecutorial rub: Under the law regulating illegal access to information via computer networks, it is not considered illegal for an individual with the right t (English)
