TOKYO: Japan's pension service said Monday it suffered a hack attack that led to 1.25 million cases of personal data being leaked.

An employee opened an e-mail with a virus, triggering the release of client names, pension account numbers, birth dates and addresses, it said, adding that the breach was discovered last week.

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