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External hack of Daesung Mimac leaks 95,170 member records

First reported · Last reported · 6 related reports

Daesung Mimac became aware on 16 January 2024 of a leak of member information caused by an external hack. The leak involved 95,170 records, and the leaked items were user IDs, names, email addresses and mobile phone numbers. The company corrected the scale of the damage and said all items except user IDs had been masked.

Key facts

Affected organisation
Daesung Mimac
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
2024-01-16
Scale of damage
95,170 member records
Cause / method
External hack
Location
South Korea

If your data was exposed

Exposed dataNamePhone numberEmailUsername

  1. Change your password, and also change it on any other site where you use the same one. Turn on two-factor authentication if available.
  2. 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.
  3. 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

  1. Daesung Mimac became aware of a member information leak caused by an external hack.
  2. Daesung Mimac corrected the scale of the leak to 95,170 records and said the leaked items other than user IDs had been masked.

6 related reports

The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organisation’s official statements for accurate details.