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| Mitsubishi UFJ Nicos reports data on 197,000 clients missing |
| Kyodo/ PTI / Tokyo Aug 07, 2009, 09:32 IST |
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Japanese credit card company Mitsubishi UFJ Nicos Co said it has lost key information on around 197,000 customers but added it is unlikely that the data have been leaked to outside sources and misused in online transactions.
The latest incident is likely to trigger calls for a more reliable system for information management, especially since it follows a recent disclosure by Alico Japan of possible credit card fraud due to widespread leakage of customer data.
Mitsubishi UFJ Nicos said yesterday that an internal investigation had found that the company may have mistakenly discarded the client data, which were stored in a recording medium, between 2002 to 2005 when old papers were thrown away.
The data were compiled between 1993 and 2001 and include the names, addresses and bank account numbers of current and former holders of Nicos and UFJ brand cards. The lost data do not include personal identification numbers for the credit cards, the company said.
But since the data were stored on computer output microfilm, requiring a special device to read the information, a leak is unlikely, the company said, adding it has not received any suspicious related inquiries so far.
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