Back to 2006 listLeak of Chubu Electric technical data on thermal power
August 31, 2006
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc discovered on August 29 that technical data on thermal power facilities was leaked to the Winny peer-to-peer network. This was the result of a virus infection on the home computer of an employee of a company working with Chubu Electric affiliate company Chubu Plant Service Co., Ltd.
The data leaked included the inspection record format and some actual records for the Yokkaichi LNG Center. No sensitive data related to protection of nuclear materials or other data that may affect customers or the supply of electric power was included in the data leaked.
Chubu Electric has strived for thorough data management, and we take this incident very seriously. We will take further strict measures for data management that include affiliate companies to prevent this from reoccurring in the future.
< Overview of data leak >
1. Circumstances leading to leak
An employee of a company working with a Chubu Electric affiliate stored technical data on a computer at home that had Winny installed on it. That computer was subsequently infected with a virus, and the technical data stored on it was leaked to the Winny network.
2. Time of leak
August 19, 2006, 12:24 p.m.,
3. Overview of data leaked
- • Inspection records for equipment at the Yokkaichi LNG Center (Jan. to Feb. 2002)
- • Some periodic inspection work guidelines and operations standards related to gas conduit equipment for the Yokkaichi Thermal Power Station at the Yokkaichi LNG Center (Total of 115 pages on A4 paper)
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