Pension system hack sparks worries over My Number initiative
The revelation that the nation's pension system has been hacked on an unprecedented scale may affect ongoing Diet deliberations on a bill to assign citizens individual numbers to improve social security management. The Japan Pension Service said during a hastily arranged news conference Monday that ...
The Benesse group on Wednesday outlined its new data security setup, which the company says will bolster customer information protection after it was embroiled in Japan's biggest-ever data theft. Benesse Holdings Inc. and its group company Benesse Corp. said they will send a ¥500 cash ...
8% of employees in charge of corporate data admit mismanagement: Trend Micro poll
Nearly 8 percent of employees in charge of handling classified corporate data have experiences in taking such data outside, according to a survey by anti-virus software maker Trend Micro Inc. The survey was conducted from June 23 to 25 on corporate employees in charge of ...
Data leak highlights shortcomings
The massive data leak of private information on millions of Benesse Holdings customers has highlighted Japanese firms' inadequate security measures, revealing just how easily data can be taken outside of an organization by employees. The huge amount of data leaked — which could affect as ...
