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Sanofi Japan Data Breach: 730000 Healthcare Professionals’ Information Exposed
Possible Data Breach Affecting 730,000 Healthcare Professionals: Unauthorized Access at Major Pharmaceutical Company Due to Policy Violation by Consultant Using Personal PC.
On August 28, the Japanese branch of French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi announced a possible data breach involving the personal information of 733,820 healthcare professionals in Japan. The breach reportedly occurred through the laptop of a foreign consultant contracted by the company.
The potentially leaked data includes the names, genders, dates of birth, email addresses, names and addresses of medical institutions, job titles, occupations, and medical departments of the affected healthcare professionals. Additionally, the names of 1,390 Sanofi employees may also have been exposed. No credit card or bank account information is believed to be involved in the breach.
The unauthorized access is reported to have taken place between July 10 and 14. The cause of the breach has been identified as a violation of Sanofi’s security policy by a consultant who stored access IDs and other credentials for the database on their personal PC. This computer was infected with malware, leading to the exposure of the access credentials and allowing unauthorized entry into the database.
Sanofi immediately terminated its contract with the consulting firm to which the consultant belonged. As a preventive measure, the company has changed access IDs and revised account management protocols, implemented IP filtering, and prohibited access from external networks. A dedicated call center has also been established to respond to inquiries from healthcare professionals whose information may have been compromised.
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