[Resolved][Severity: Moderate][Lost device]

Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting: an external hard disk with 6,727 film preview applicants went missing

An external hard disk used by the TV station's sales department could not be found; it held the personal data of film preview applicants.

Disclosed

2020-04-09

Organizations involved

Leaked or at risk

6.7K

6,727

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

2020-03-03
Staff noticed that an external hard disk of the sales division was not in its place and searched every department from the next day. Its use could not be traced after the second half of December 2019. [1]
2020-04-07
The disk was judged to be lost. [1]
2020-04-09
Public disclosure. [1]

Impact

The disk held names, genders, ages, occupations, postal codes, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of 6,727 applicants to four film previews held from September to October 2019. [1]

Timeline

Detected 2020-03-03
Disclosed 2020-04-09
37 days

Attack or cause

Method: [Lost device]
Impact: [Data leak]
Entry point: Unknown

Data exposed or at risk

[Name][Gender][Date of birth][Employment][Postal address][Phone number][E-mail address]

Organizations involved

[Breached][Moderate]Hokkaido, Sapporo, ChuoInformation and communications6,727 leaked
Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting Co., Ltd.

						Note
Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting Co., Ltd.	[Breached]	[Moderate]	Hokkaido, Sapporo, Chuo	Information and communications	6,727

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Sources

[1][News]映画試写会応募者の個人情報保存したハードディスク、2019年12月後半から使用履歴追えず（北海道文化放送）ScanNetSecurity · 2020-04-13 08:00