another data breach has gone public, and this time customers across multiple Japanese banks are caught in it attackers breached SMBC consumer finance’s loan guarantee system, exposing personal information affecting up to 320,118 people (!) Yokohama bank and three Resona group banks reported affected customers, including people whose loans were already closed. the system has been suspended while investigators determine the cause and full scope, but with no mention of ai agents in these disclosures it feels like another company announces a personal data breach almost every day, and customers just get another apology for information they can’t take back