JP: Ex-Mitsubishi UFJ Unit Worker Arrested for Data Theft

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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aUY6n9IWBOZU

A former Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co. employee was arrested on suspicion 
of stealing data relating to about 1.5 million customers, a spokesman for 
the Tokyo police department said.

The person is suspected of illegally accessing and copying data at two 
offices of the brokerage unit of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., 
Japan.s biggest bank, between January and February, according to the 
police official, who declined to be identified. The brokerage confirmed 
the arrest in a statement and said it is cooperating with the police 
investigation.

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities received complaints from more than 15,000 
customers, including institutional clients, some of whom partially 
suspended their business with the brokerage, Chief Executive Officer 
Fumiyuki Akikusa said at a press briefing in Tokyo today. The company 
disclosed in April one of its employees had sold personal data on almost 
50,000 customers.

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