Japanese man loses flash drive with knowledge on 460,000 residents after evening out

A personal contractor for a Japanese metropolis discovered to not drink and flash drive after shedding a USB flash drive containing private info for practically half 1,000,000 of the town's residents.

The flash drive, positioned inside a bag misplaced after an evening of ingesting and eating on Tuesday, included residents' names, addresses, dates of delivery, and a few checking account numbers for 460,000 residents in Amagasaki, the town mentioned Thursday.

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"We'll completely guarantee safety administration when dealing with digital knowledge,” the town mentioned in a press release obtained by the Japan Occasions. “We'll work to regain our residents’ belief by heightening consciousness of the significance of defending private info.”

There is no such thing as a proof the info have been leaked, metropolis officers mentioned. The flash drive was password protected and the info had been encrypted.

The person, whose title was not disclosed, was an worker of an organization helping the town with rolling out COVID-19 reduction funding.

Amagasaki is situated within the Hyogo prefecture.