Confirmed

Ishikawa Prefecture: mis-emailed all-8-towns child-support files covering 824 recipients

On July 21, 2026 the prefecture emailed town child-support recipient files and wrongly attached all eight towns’ files to each town. One town opened then deleted; the others deleted unopened; disclosed July 27.

Last updated: 2026-11-09

Overview

824 people (name, address; for some, divorce/separation dates and former spouse name/address).

Timeline

  1. Occurred
  2. Discovered
  3. Disclosed

Organization response

Per the notice, the organisation investigated and contained the incident, notified individuals and offered monitoring or protective resources.

What you can do

Be wary of emails, SMS or calls impersonating the organisation; do not open links or attachments or enter passwords or card details. Change reused passwords on other services.

Sources

  1. 児童扶養手当の受給資格の現況確認手続きにおけるメール誤送信について石川県 · 2026-11-09

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