Haneda Airport Face Express: a former employee of a sub-subcontractor abused administrator rights and took personal data of 1,046 people outside

1. 2022-04-08

   It announced that it had been told by AirLink of the United States, to which operation of the face-recognition boarding system "Face Express" at the Haneda Airport international terminal was subcontracted, that a former employee had abused administrator rights and taken personal data outside by improper means. [1] [2]

The personal data taken covered 1,046 people. As of April 8 it had been told that, after verification by a specialist body, AirLink had recovered all of it from the former employee and erased it completely, and that no sign of leakage to third parties was found. [1]