The Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank announced that some personal information of card loan applicants had been leaked externally. The cause was unauthorized access to the system of its partner, SMBC Consumer Finance, and the bank is said to be working to determine the scope of the impact and investigate the incident.
The Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank announced that some personal information of customers who applied for card loans had been leaked externally. The leak is reported to have been caused by unauthorized access to the system of its partner, SMBC Consumer Finance.
The bank is said to be working with SMBC to determine the scope of the impact and investigate the incident to establish the full extent. Details including the types and scope of the leaked information and the number of affected customers are expected to be disclosed in subsequent reports by this publication.
The cause of the incident and measures to prevent a recurrence are said to be under consideration through coordination within the financial group with which the bank has a partnership. Further developments and the timing of any additional information releases are expected to continue to be reported.