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Former temporary worker arrested for leaking customer information “For reference to past leaks”

2/20/2024, 8:30:45 AM

Highlights: Former temporary worker arrested for leaking customer information “For reference to past leaks”. Police believe that Masahiro Kageyama illegally took approximately 9.28 million pieces of personal information owned by 69 local governments and companies, sold it to a list agency, and received more than 20 million yen. In response to a previous police investigation, he admitted the charges and stated that he did it because he was short of money, but added, 'I was asked to repay the debt all at once'

[NHK] A former temporary employee who was arrested in a case of leaking customer information by a former temporary employee of a subsidiary of NTT West told police that he had debts and past...


A former temporary employee who was arrested in connection with the leak of customer information by a former temporary employee of a subsidiary of NTT West told police that he had debts and was referring to a past customer information leak incident at a major educational information company. Interviews with investigators have revealed that he made statements such as "I did it to him."

The suspect, Masahiro Kageyama (63), who was a temporary employee at NTT Business Solutions, a subsidiary of NTT West Japan, downloaded file data containing customer information of a company in Okayama Prefecture from the company's server and copied it in January last year. , was arrested on suspicion of violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Act for transmitting and leaking the information to a list vendor in Tokyo.



In response to a previous police investigation, he admitted the charges and stated that he did it because he was short of money, but added, ``I was asked to repay the debt all at once, and I was asked to pay off all my debts, and I was asked to pay off all my debts in a lump sum.'' Interviews with investigators have revealed that he made statements such as, ``I started leaking information to list companies based on the leaked incident.I sold it when I was having trouble making a living.''



Police believe that Kageyama illegally took approximately 9.28 million pieces of personal information owned by 69 local governments and companies, sold it to a list agency, and received more than 20 million yen, and are investigating the details. Masu.