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NTT Business Solutions ex-employee arrested for illegally acquiring customer data under Japan's trade secret law

By Toko Sekiguchi ( January 31, 2024, 10:52 GMT | Insight) -- A Japanese man suspected of selling customer information he had wrongfully accessed while working for a subsidiary of western Japan’s main telecom company NTT West was today arrested for illegally acquiring and disclosing trade secrets. The arrest occurred a week after the privacy regulator issued corrective orders against the man's employer for inadequate data security. A Japanese man suspected of selling customer information he had wrongfully accessed while working for a subsidiary of western Japan’s main telecom company NTT West was today arrested for illegally acquiring and disclosing trade secrets....

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