[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-japanese-utility-loses-drive-containing-data-on-109-million-customers":10},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":30,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":22,"tags":31,"sources":35,"feedback":39,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":39,"total_tokens":39},836,"japanese-utility-loses-drive-containing-data-on-109-million-customers","Japanese utility loses drive containing data on 10.9 million customers","Tokyo Electric Power Company confirmed a physical storage device with personal data of 10.9 million customers went missing on June 12, 2026.","A physical hard drive that stored names, addresses and consumption data for 10.9 million TEPCO customers was reported missing on June 12, 2026.\n\nThe utility discovered the loss during an internal audit and immediately notified the Personal Information Protection Commission. The regulator’s spokesperson said the incident will be examined under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and warned that any breach could trigger fines.\n\nFor customers, the breach means their personal details could be used in phishing or identity‑theft schemes. TEPCO urged users to monitor accounts and promised to enhance its data‑handling procedures.\n\nMissing hardware is not new in the sector, but the scale here—over ten million records—places the incident among the largest data exposures in Japan’s utility industry.","[\"privacy\",\"japan\",\"utilities\"]","2026-06-12T17:25:00.000Z","2026-06-12T19:10:56.661Z","2026-06-12T19:11:03.161Z","published",null,[24],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Add concrete details such as the utility’s name, date of incident, any statements from regulators, and avoid speculative language about future phishing; ensure all claims are sourced.","resolved","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.xyz.onl\u002Farticle-images\u002Fjapanese-utility-loses-drive-containing-data-on-109-million-customers.webp",[32,33,34],"privacy","japan","utilities",[36],{"name":37,"url":38},"TechRadar","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.techradar.com\u002Fpro\u002Fjapanese-electricity-giant-apologises-after-physical-drive-with-data-of-10-9-million-clients-goes-missing",0]