Kyodo News: unauthorized access to server equipment may have leaked personal data of 4,313 staff and others

1. 2023-07-22

   It noticed suspicious behavior on a server, reported to the Personal Information Protection Commission and asked an outside specialist firm to investigate. [1] [2]

2. 2023-11-02

   It announced the case. No clear evidence of personal data flowing out was found, but because a leak is hard to rule out completely, it is informing the people concerned on its website and by email and other means. [1] [2] [3]

Names, user IDs, employee numbers, company names, departments and titles, email addresses and hashed passwords of 4,313 employees and contractors of Kyodo News and group companies (including some retirees and former staff) may have leaked. The server that was accessed held no information on newsgathering. No secondary damage has been confirmed. [1] [2]