Breaches and incidents
Japanese prefectural police forces (via contractor Arcadia’s safety-confirmation system): staff data of up to 22 forces possibly leaked
Kyodo reported that Saitama Prefectural Police said on 19 Oct that names, affiliations and private emails of about 13,000 officers and staff in its...
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- Confirmed by two or more outlets
What happened
- Kyodo reported that Saitama Prefectural Police said on 19 Oct that names, affiliations and private emails of about 13,000 officers and staff in its disaster safety-confirmation system may have leaked after unauthorized access at Arcadia (Minoh, Osaka), the contractor operating it; on 21 Oct the NPA told Kyodo 22 forces were affected, about 125,000 records from 20 forces using the service and about 16,000 residents’ crime-alert emails in 4 prefectures.
- Root cause: not disclosed beyond unauthorized access to Arcadia; Arcadia emailed police on 13 Oct (Tochigi suspended the system that day).
- No attacker named.
- No misuse or leak of investigative information confirmed; NPA said it is verifying the facts. Sources conflict on Kanagawa: News On Japan (citing TBS) says about 16,000 Kanagawa police employees may be affected, while Kyodo’s 16,000 figure refers to residents in four prefectures.