Chubu Electric Power Company,Incorporated announced that information relating to subscribers to an event newsletter may have been leaked. The leak may have resulted from unauthorized external access to the distribution system, potentially affecting the names and email addresses of 324 people.
Chubu Electric Power Company,Incorporated announced that the names and email addresses of subscribers may have been leaked from the system commissioned to distribute the newsletter for an event to be held in Shizuoka Prefecture in November. A suspected cause of the incident is that Blastmail, the email distribution system operated by an external company, was subject to unauthorized access by a third party. No unauthorized use of personal information has been confirmed at this time.
The names and email addresses of 324 people may have been leaked, and the impact is said to be limited to the distribution of the event newsletter. Chubu Electric Power Company,Incorporated believes there is no impact on its electricity business and is taking measures to prevent the damage from spreading. Details of the cause and the timing of disclosure of measures to prevent a recurrence have not been announced at this time.