Incheon city's online newspaper i-View hacked, data leak suspected
i-View, the online newspaper of Incheon Metropolitan City, was hacked. The information of 110,000 subscribers is suspected to have been leaked, and whether the leak has been confirmed and what response has been taken remain unverified.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Incheon Metropolitan City
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Suspected leak of information of 110,000 subscribers
- Cause / method
- Hacking of online newspaper i-View
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
- Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organisation’s official website or app.
- 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
- The hacking of Incheon Metropolitan City's online newspaper i-View and the suspected leak of information of 110,000 subscribers came to light.
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