Hack of volunteer certification system leaks personal data
A volunteer certification system was hacked, leaking personal information. Initially, the data of 1.35 million people was suspected to have been leaked, and a leak of the personal information of 270,000 people was later confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Confirmed leak of personal information of 270,000 people
- Cause / method
- Hack of the volunteer certification system
- 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 possibility was raised that the personal information of 1.35 million people had been leaked in the hack of the volunteer certification system.
- A leak of the personal information of 270,000 people was confirmed.
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