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Bank of Fukuoka: an employee seconded from MetLife took life insurance contract information handled at the bank without permission and leaked it to MetLife

On March 27 the Bank of Fukuoka announced that an employee seconded from MetLife took life insurance contract information handled at the bank and leaked it to MetLife.

Disclosed

2026-03-27

Organizations involved

2

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

  1. It announced that a seconded employee, aiming to learn sales trends of other firms' life insurance products, took life insurance contract information handled at the bank without permission and leaked it to MetLife. The case came to light through a report from MetLife. [1] [2]

Timeline

  1. Disclosed 2026-03-27
  2. 1 days

Attack or cause

Method
[Insider]
Impact
[Data leak]
Entry point
Unknown

Data exposed or at risk

–

Organizations involved

Open in organization search

Sources

  1. [1][Official]お客さまの保険契約情報の漏えい事案についてThe Bank of Fukuoka, Ltd. · 2026-03-27
  2. [2][News]生保契約情報を無断で取得 ~ メットライフ生命保険から福岡銀行への出向者ScanNetSecurity · 2026-04-08 08:05