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Taketa City

Taketa City (Taketa, Oita; Municipality) appears in 2 related cybersecurity incidents. The latest was disclosed on 2026-10-21.

Profile

Industry/type: Municipality
Location: Oita, Taketa
Also known as: Taketa
Website: https://www.city.taketa.oita.jp/

Public figures

Residents18,4232026-01-01
MIC: 住民基本台帳に基づく人口、人口動態及び世帯数（令和8年1月1日現在）

Metric	Value		As of	Source
Residents	18,423		2026-01-01	MIC: 住民基本台帳に基づく人口、人口動態及び世帯数（令和8年1月1日現在）

Incident history

Disclosed 2026-10-21Updated 2026-10-23Oita[Investigating][Severity: Major][Breached][Major]
Taketa: employee improperly acquires about 60,000 municipal records
[Insider][Credential abuse][Data leak]Leaked 60KOrganizations 1
Disclosed 2024-10-25Updated 2026-10-23Oita[Investigating][Severity: Major][Through a supplier][Major]
Betsudaikohsan: ransomware, with a threat to sell the data
[Ransomware][Misconfiguration][Service outage][Data leak][Extortion]Organizations 4

		Incident	Role	Impact level				Methods	Impacts		Status
2026-10-21	2026-10-23	Taketa: employee improperly acquires about 60,000 municipal records	[Breached]	[Major]	[Major]	1 Taketa City	Oita	[Insider][Credential abuse]	[Data leak]	60,000	[Investigating]
2024-10-25	2026-10-23	Betsudaikohsan: ransomware, with a threat to sell the data	[Through a supplier]	[Major]	[Major]	4 Oita Prefectural Government, Oita City, Betsudaikohsan Co., Ltd., Taketa City	Oita	[Ransomware][Misconfiguration]	[Service outage][Data leak][Extortion]	Unknown	[Investigating]