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koiwaicoffee
Conveniently omits the number of people affected by the leaks.
So, how many people, Mr. Reporter? 1 million? 10 million?
sakurasuki
In Japan, it's easy to get away just make press release and make a bow. It's really rare to have litigation of leak damage in Japan unlike outside Japan.
https://www.aboutlawsuits.com/att-data-breach-lawsuit/att-data-breach-lawsuits/
dbsaiya
Don't forget the floppy disk leak by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Don't you feel safe that in 2024 METI announced the phasing out of legacy media for storing documents? Note the word, phasing out, meaning, we ain't there yet. I wonder how many other government ministries are still using floppy disks?
Rakuraku
People complain about these leaks, which is totally justified, but at the same time, they share the smallest details of their private lives on social media...
wallace
People need to take action to ensure their online data and sites are protected. Data leaks on a site do not lead to all personal information by using unique strong passwords for every separate site.
One app I use had a data leak so they gave me a free app until 2094.
Redemption
I am indignant!
geronimo2006
Funny but floppy disks are probably more secure than usb etc, because nobody else has a drive. Hard copies blowing in the wind story was my favorite. As for my number data not being very secure - scary. No wonder there is low trust by the public.
WoodyLee
Banks are the worst were they sell their wealthy customers data to stock brokers and insurance companies so they can send their sales people after them.
kurisupisu
There are so many pieces of paper needed for the simplest of interactions in Japan and that information is transferred onto computer systems.
Today I came across a form exempting all but ‘trainees’ listing family members on the form but was told that it applied to my application.
I know that I am not a trainee but I guess instructions are meant to be ignored which might explain the data leaks