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

MHLW: a backup medium from an old Hello Work server was lost, with data on 352 job seekers and others

A medium from the Hitachi-Kashima Hello Work went missing with its maintenance box at a logistics center. It holds bank accounts and My Number of 196 people, and was encrypted.

Disclosed

2020-11-27

Organizations involved

1

Leaked or at risk

352

352

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

  1. It was found that a backup medium removed from the old Hello Work server in January could not be found at the logistics center along with its maintenance box. [1]

  2. The ministry announced the loss. [1]

Impact

The medium held 410 scanned forms. They contain names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, genders and bank accounts of 352 people, and My Number for 196 of them. The medium was said to be encrypted. [1]

Timeline

  1. Detected 2020-10-12
  2. Disclosed 2020-11-27
  3. 46 days

Attack or cause

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

Data exposed or at risk

[Name][Postal address][Phone number][Date of birth][Gender][Bank account][My Number]

Organizations involved

Open in organization search

Sources

  1. [1][News]被保険者や求職者情報含むバックアップ媒体を紛失 - 厚労省Security NEXT · 2020-11-30