Ep. 13 The Underground Vault Is Open
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Ep. 13 “The Underground Vault Is Open”
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Ep. 13 “The Underground Vault Is Open” — English script
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A restaurant chain's app leaked its members' data.
About ten million records. Nearly every member.
M-my yakiniku membership info!!
October. Nashigasaka City Hall, the basement.
Your username's "Meat Emperor." So what?
...The shame!
Last month, a car-share leaked about 6.6 million.
Even ex-members' driver's license photos.
Why are there so many lately?
Four springs ago, reporting leaks to the government became mandatory.
Note: Since April 2022, Japan's Act on the Protection of Personal Information requires businesses to report serious data leaks to the Personal Information Protection Commission.
So now the numbers show.
Apps keep millions of people's data in one place.
Break in once, and you get everyone.
My Meat Emperor... one in ten million...
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Scary times, huh...
So this is the trendy unit?
She was trembling at the Residents' Desk.
Granny, that's a pear jelly tin, right!?
Thirty years of my customers' shipping slips.
...Not jelly.
(A tin full of personal data...!)
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Every fall I ship pears all over Japan.
I've kept the slip copies for thirty years.
Copies of my license too. Even though I gave it back.
Names, addresses, phone numbers... a thousand people's.
(A thousand...)
The news says a leak is a big deal.
I'd hate to cause my customers trouble.
Throw them out and they can't leak.
I can't! They're my regulars.
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Hello, Kuwabara...
Your information has been leaked.
For a small deletion fee--
This is the basement of Nashigasaka City Hall.
Don't you EVER call Granny again.
N-no big deal. Just chased off a rival.
"We'll delete it" is a piggyback scam.
Note: After big leak news, scammers often call victims offering to "delete" their leaked data for a fee. It's always a scam.
If money comes up, hang up.
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Slips you don't need, shred them...
I could never shred my customers' names.
I'll be away at training for a week.
Please look after Mrs. Kuwabara.
Granny. I've got just the place.
The most secure spot in City Hall!!
...That's a storeroom.
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Stuff leaks 'cause it's scattered all over.
...Huh?
Put it all here,
and you only guard ONE place!!
...I wonder.
Same logic as a bank...?
What's the fee?
300 yen a box. No limit!
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The Underground Vault is open!!
Scared of leaks? Bring your papers below!
Now I can sleep soundly.
Thanks. ...That's 300 yen.
(Easing citizens' worries... the main building will notice!)
I'll take 20%.
My grandson says copy everything.
Copies store free too!
(Paper breeds...)
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Everybody's scared, they say.
No shoving! The vault ain't going anywhere.
The next day.
Fifteen years of point-card applications.
Didn't know how to toss 'em.
Kids' club phone trees. Every one since the '70s.
82 boxes today.
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First good sleep in three days.
A Niitaka pear as thanks. The biggest one.
...A citizen thanked me.
That's rare down here.
Can you take the whole shopping street's?
The more I collect, the more I make!!
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Log what's in every box in a ledger.
...That's one more sheet of paper.
With a copy, it's safe even if you lose it!
One person's data is on three sheets now...!
I'll keep them at home after all. Give them back.
Sure. We'll keep the copies forever.
You returned them, but the copies stay?
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The main building's PR team wants to cover us? Friday at ten...!
The vault won't close anymore.
CLOOOSE!! You're an iron vault, dammit!!
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The hallway's the vault too. The whole basement is!
We're out of boxes. Grab empties from the recycling area.
Got free boxes!
Mmf... 300 yen a box...
--And then, Friday morning.
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A basement vault answering citizens' worries!
Yes. We're holding over 800 boxes.
Information gets stronger the more you gather!!
Friday's paper recycling, there we go.
Huh... aren't there fewer boxes in the hall?
It's all part of the vault.
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Lots of paper flying today, huh.
Nashigasaka: a town of slopes and wind.
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M-my vauuult!!
What the... shipping slips?
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This is our address...!
That's a copy of a driver's license!
...My regulars' slips.
I caused them trouble after all.
G-G- Gran- ny...
... Gen- da.
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Jojima, Information Policy Division.
Once the city took it, it's the city's personal data.
Note: Once a city office takes custody of documents containing personal data, the city is legally responsible for them, including any leak.
The city may only hold what its work requires.
Note: Japanese law lets government bodies hold personal information only to the extent needed for their official duties.
That's the law.
...Storing papers isn't city work.
Over 100 people means a report to the national commission.
Note: Leaks affecting over 100 people must be reported to the Personal Information Protection Commission, and the affected people must be notified.
And we must notify each person.
B-but a leak means
some crook stealing it, right!?
Theft isn't the only way.
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There are three kinds of leaks.
Hacked. Misdelivered. Lost.
By count, misdelivery is the top one.
Millions at once? That's hacking.
In fiscal 2024, companies alone had 19,000 cases.
Note: Japan's fiscal year runs from April to March.
A record high.
Offices too: 580 in 3 months.
...And now we're one of them.
S-so mine was...
"Lost." In the recycling.
What you don't hold can't leak.
One place: all at once. ...As I said.
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W-well, um, see, this was the wind--
The slopes, uh, I mean...
Put it all here, and you only guard ONE place!!
Gather it in one place, guard one place... right?
Then the 3,000 sheets scattered across town...
...back to one place. Every last one. By your hand, Mr. Genda.
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I'll file the leak report.
All storage fees will be refunded.
...My 20% too?
Of course.
THREE THOUSAND!!
Sentence: Retrieval.
...All of Granny's were there.
My customers' names are right here.
Shred the copies I don't need.
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One year of slips. That's plenty.
A week later.
The vault's empty.
Tetsu, you had 37 apps you never use.
Deleted 'em all.
My "Meat Emperor"!!
...Hey, you there.
Friday's paper recycling, there we go.
Don't keep what you don't need.
...So they say.
This is a work of fiction. Nashigasaka City is invented, and nothing here reflects the real operation of any person, organization or public office. It is not an official publication of any government body.
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