八十二長野銀行 announced that unauthorised access to an employee’s email account had been confirmed and that emails and correspondence involving 35 employees of partner organisations and others may have been leaked. In addition, approximately 3,600 customer records may have been leaked at 長野都市ガス in the prefecture. No misuse of the information has been confirmed at this time, but an investigation into whether it was leaked is under way.
八十二長野銀行 announced on 7 October that it had confirmed unauthorised access to an employee’s email account after the employee opened a suspicious external email. As a result, the email addresses and correspondence of 35 employees of partner organisations and others may have been leaked.
The bank said that no damage from misuse of the information had been confirmed at this time, while an investigation was under way into the possibility that customers’ personal information relating to deposits and loans had been leaked. It has been raising awareness of the risk of suspicious emails being sent while impersonating employees.
Meanwhile, at 長野都市ガス in Nagano City, a company in Gunma Prefecture entrusted with customer information was hit by unauthorised access, and the potential leakage of approximately 3,600 customer records came to light in late September.
No official report of the misuse of specific personal information has been made at this time, and both 八十二長野銀行 and 長野都市ガス continue to verify the facts.