Japan’s Foreign Ministry: possible leak of around 3,600 personal data records
A breach of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s network for external communications may have exposed around 3,600 personal data records, including names and email addresses. Around 900 of these records relate to external contacts rather than employees. The unauthorised access was detected in July, and neither the classified communications network nor consular systems handling passports were targeted; no misuse of the information or subsequent harm has been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Possible exposure of around 3,600 personal data records, including names and email addresses
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to the network for external communications
- Location
- Japan
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Timeline
- A breach of the network for external communications was disclosed as potentially exposing around 3,600 personal data records.
- No compromise of highly confidential information or subsequent harm has been confirmed.
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