Sharing setting error at Japan's Ateam exposes personal data of about 940,000
A Google Drive sharing setting error at Japan's Ateam left files containing personal information of 935,779 people, including customers and employees, accessible from outside. The exposure lasted about 6 years and 8 months, and no evidence of actual data theft has been found. Ateam confirmed the exposure.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- eTeam
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of 935,779 people, including customers and employees
- Cause / method
- Google Drive sharing setting error
- Location
- Japan
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- It emerged that personal information had been exposed for about 6 years and 8 months owing to a sharing setting error at Ateam.
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