Hanwha Systems ICT Unit Breach Leaks Employee Personal Data
Unauthorised access to servers of Hanwha Systems' ICT division, using external access accounts of some affiliates, led to the leak of employees' names, contact details and company email addresses. The servers held information on about 1,700 people, and the actual scale of the damage is under investigation. Hanwha Systems reported the incident to the Korea Internet & Security Agency and said its defence and financial affiliates were not affected.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Hanwha Systems
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Leak of employee personal data; actual damage under investigation on a server holding information on about 1,700 people
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to ICT division servers using external access accounts of some affiliates
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNamePhone numberEmail
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- If you’ve suffered harm, report it. Call 118 (no area code) for privacy violations, contact the police for financial losses, and apply for dispute mediation to seek compensation.Personal Information Infringement Report Centre ↗Korean National Police Agency cybercrime report ↗Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee ↗
Timeline
- Unauthorised access to ICT division servers and a leak of employee personal data were confirmed and reported to the Korea Internet & Security Agency; the company investigated the actual scale of damage and whether information on Hanwha Engine employees could have been accessed.
Also affected by this incident
Possible leak of 1,903 personal data records concerning Hanwha Engine employees and others
↳ Knock-on damage from the Hanwha Systems incident · View original incident1.9kImpact: Possible leak of 1,903 personal data records concerning employees and partner company staff
Signs of access by an unauthorised external IP address were found on a server managed by Hanwha Systems ICT. In the process, 1,903 personal data records concerning Hanwha Engine employees and partner company staff may have been leaked.
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