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Softbank shares hit by extortion claim

13 April 2012

SHARES of Japan's Softbank Corp slid 4% today after police said they had arrested four men in two separate cases for allegedly trying to extort money from the internet company with confidential client data.

One suspect told police that the group had obtained data on

4.6m subscribers to Yahoo! BB, Softbank's ADSL internet service.

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