The Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education has admitted leaking personal data on around 110,000 students onto the Winny file sharing network.
The lost data includes names, account numbers and other data stored on the tuition fee bank transfer system for the 2006 fiscal year. The leak occurred last June, after a computer belonging to an IBM Japan subsidiary was infected with a virus.
IBM Japan, who developed the Board of Education's IT systems, has apologized over the incident, as has the board.
Previously available data showed that records belonging to about 2,000 students had been leaked, but data on some 110,000 students was successfully downloaded from the Winny network on Jan. 7.
IBM Japan is working to try and remove the data. Additionally, while no damage has been confirmed as a result of the leak, the company is writing to those concerned to both apologize and recommend they change their account numbers.
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