Unauthorized access to Digital Agency contracted company leaks over 10,000 pieces of personal information?

On the night of the 22nd, the Digital Agency announced that ``Studio'' (Tokyo), a company to which the agency had outsourced part of its homepage operations, had been accessed illegally, and personal information of up to 13,000 individuals may have been leaked. Names, email addresses, phone numbers, and other information entered into the inquiry form between May 2021 and March 2023, including the agency's preparation period, may have been leaked.

According to the agency, it received a report from the company on the 16th of this month. Regarding the time it took to make the announcement public, Digital Minister Shunji Furukawa explained at a press conference on the 23rd, ``It is currently unclear whether there was an actual data breach, and we are requesting a report.We needed to confirm the situation, so we were unable to make the announcement immediately.''

In response to an interview on the 23rd, the agency commented, ``As a result, there were some aspects of the management system that were inadequate, so we will strive to make further improvements in the future.''