三菱電、取引先の口座情報流出　８６３５件、不正アクセスで

　三菱電機は２０日、契約しているクラウドサービスが不正アクセスを受け、国内の取引先が金融機関に開設している口座情報が外部流出したと発表した。流出が判明した口座は同日現在、８６３５件。不正アクセスの詳細は調査中という。
　同社では、社内ネットワークが昨年にサイバー攻撃を受け、防衛関連情報が流出した可能性も１月に発覚しており、情報セキュリティー対策の徹底が改めて問われる。（2020/11/20-19:20）

Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Friday that information on bank accounts held by its domestic business partners has been breached as a result of an unauthorized access to a cloud-based service it uses.
   The major electric and heavy machinery maker has so far confirmed information leaks for 8,635 bank accounts. It is investigating details of the hack.
   The information breaches added to the revelation in January of the possibility of defense-related information managed by Mitsubishi Electric being leaked due to cyberattacks that hit the firm's internal computer network last year. The company is thus expected to come under stronger pressure to tighten its information security.
   The data leaked this time include business partners' names, addresses, phone numbers and the names of their representative officials, as well as their bank account numbers and the names of account holders. The bank accounts are used for Mitsubishi Electric to make payments. The firm will individually contact the affected business partners, which include major companies and sole proprietors, to give explanations about the incident.
   Mitsubishi Electric first recognized the unauthorized access on Monday. It later confirmed that the hacker in the guise of a Mitsubishi Electric employee saw multiple files and downloaded a file containing bank account information.