Chunjae Textbook loses appeal in suit to cancel fine over personal data leak
In 2021, the personal data of more than 23,000 users of Chunjae Textbook's Milk T was leaked. Chunjae Textbook filed a lawsuit to cancel the 900 million won fine imposed on it but lost again on appeal. The court found that the Milk T database could be accessed through Chunjae Education's web server and that Chunjae Textbook had failed to fulfil its duty to restrict access rights.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Chunjae Textbook
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal data of more than 23,000 Milk T users
- Cause / method
- Failure to restrict access rights while the Milk T database was accessible through Chunjae Education's web server
- 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
- Chunjae Textbook lost on appeal in its lawsuit to cancel the 900 million won fine over the personal data leak.
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