Security News > 2020 > January > Mitsubishi Electric discloses data breach, possible data leak

Japanese multinational Mitsubishi Electric has admitted that it had suffered a data breach some six months ago, and that "Personal information and corporate confidential information may have been leaked."

According to several reports from Japanese daily newspapers, the company discovered the data breach in late June, when they detected suspicious activities on a server at its Information Technology R&D Center in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Apparently, the attackers first breached the systems of an affiliated company in China and used them as a stepping stone for getting access to company systems located in key Mitsubishi Electric offices in Japan.

Mitsubishi Electric also shared on Tuesday that personal information of more than 8,122 applicants, employees and retirees might have been leaked since the breach.

The company is apparently sending out notifications to the affected individuals, and has admitted that it reported the potential data leak to the government's Personal Information Protection Commission only this month.

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