Information Leak Affects 621 Customers: Sony Bank's Digital Securities Outsourcing Partner Securitize Japan Hit by Unauthorized Access

According to monitoring by Sony Bank, an anomaly was detected on October 29 in the system of its digital securities outsourcing partner Securitize Japan, and unauthorized external access was confirmed that same day. Log investigations revealed that information on a total of 621 customers was leaked, of which the names, addresses, dates of birth, and account numbers of 4 individuals were compromised, while for the other 617 individuals only names were leaked. Sony Bank stated that no improper transactions resulting from the incident have been identified so far, nor has any related information been found publicized or spread online. The incident involves only the digital securities business, and related transactions have been suspended, with the resumption time to be announced separately.