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[To retirees from our offices in Asia and Oceania (excluding Japan) between Oct 2022 and July 2024]
Notification Regarding Personal Information Viewing Authorization Issue Inside Our Company Network


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It was discovered that two Business Intelligence Dashboards (hereinafter called “Dashboards”), which include HR data of employees hired in our offices in the Asia and Oceania regions, excluding Japan, were allowing access to some personal information of retirees (see below) within our company network beyond the scope of viewing authorization, due to design and testing deficiencies in the Dashboards caused by our contracted vendor. We would like to sincerely apologize for any concern and inconvenience caused. The data of our employees and customers is of utmost importance to us, and we will be taking proactive steps to strengthen our security measures. Click HERE to view the full investigation results.

  • Subject retirees:

    • Some retirees from the following employment companies between 2022 October and 2024 July
    • MITSUI & CO. LTD.*
    • MITSUI & CO.(ASIA PACIFIC)PTE. LTD.**
    • MITSUI & CO.(TAIWAN), LTD.
    • PT. MITSUI INDONESIA
    • MITSUI & CO. (SHANGHAI) LTD.
    • MITSUI & CO.(CHINA) LTD.
    • MITSUI & CO. KOREA LTD.
    • MITSUI & CO. (HONG KONG) LTD.
    • MITSUI & CO.(AUSTRALIA) LTD.
    • MITSUI & CO. INDIA PVT. LTD.
    • MITSUI & CO.(GUANGDONG) LTD.
    • MITSUI & CO. VIETNAM LTD.
    • MITSUI & CO. (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
    • MITSUI & CO. NZ LTD.
    • MITSUI & CO., (THAILAND) LTD.
    • MITSIAM INTERNATIONAL, LIMITED
    • * Karachi Office, Yangon Office, liaison office in Colombo, liaison representative in Lahore, and liaison Representative in Islamabad are included.
      ** Singapore HQ, Manila Branch and Dhaka Branch are included.