Names and affiliations of 4,000 prefectural police officers leaked due to unauthorized access in Okayama

It has been revealed that the names, affiliations, and email addresses of approximately 4,000 Okayama Prefectural Police officers and others may have been leaked due to an incident in which a service operated by Arcadia (Osaka Prefecture), which makes disaster prevention apps for local governments, was accessed illegally. The prefectural police made this known on the 15th at the Prefectural Assembly Industrial Labor Police Committee.

The information that may have been leaked is personal information registered in a system that uses email to confirm the safety of employees and whether or not they can gather in the event of a large-scale disaster. According to the prefectural police, the e-mail addresses of about 4,000 people, almost all employees, are from personal cell phones. The system is still running.

This was revealed when the prefectural police received an email from Arcadia, the outsourcing company, at around 2:30 p.m. on the 13th, saying, ``Unauthorized access by a third party may have occurred and personal information may have been leaked.'' Yuichi Matsunaga, head of the security department, responded, ``We are requesting two points: early clarification of the incident and thorough measures to prevent recurrence.''

Cases of possible information leaks related to Arcadia have been revealed in Okayama and Tamano cities within the prefecture, and in Tsuyama city, there is a fear that approximately 24,000 email addresses and names of city employees registered in disaster information emails may have been leaked.