DisclosureLens
AccidentalFinancial ServicesFinanceMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 6, 2013

Filed

Sep 11, 2013

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,2462 in this filing

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.

Aon Hewitt, a vendor for The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., inadvertently emailed a file containing names and SSNs of 1,246 Bank of Tokyo employees to two individuals in another client's HR department on August 2, 2013. The error was detected on August 6, 2013. Notifications were mailed on September 3, 2013, offering one year of credit monitoring. 2 New Hampshire residents were affected.

Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

Aug 2, 2013

Begins

Aug 6, 2013

Discovered

Sep 11, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,246 affectedView incident

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.