June 15, 2026

Kyushu Electric Power Data Breach Hits 10.9 Million Customers

A backup hard drive holding personal data on up to 10.9 million people has vanished from a Japanese utility's server room. Weeks into the investigation, nobody can say where it went. The Kyushu Electric Power data breach is shaping up to be one of the largest data exposure incidents reported in Japan this year. This didn't involve a sophisticated hack.

Kyushu Electric Power data breach