Signs of hacking found at about 100 South Korean universities, hospitals and other sites
Signs of hacking were found on the websites of about 100 South Korean universities, hospitals and clinics, small and medium-sized businesses and local authority-affiliated bodies, and student transcripts, staff photos and internal approval documents were leaked. Police investigated the possibility that Chinese hackers were responsible and that the damage spread through the compromise of shared hosting servers. A suspected hack of the personal information of 110,000 school staff and pupils in Incheon also came under investigation.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Signs of hacking at about 100 South Korean websites; leak of transcripts, staff photos, internal approval documents and more
- Cause / method
- Possible involvement of Chinese hackers and compromise of shared hosting servers under investigation
- 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
- Further attacks by Chinese hackers, including the exposure of database account information from 90 South Korean websites, and a threatened attack over the Lunar New Year holiday came to light.
- Police confirmed signs of hacking at about 100 South Korean websites and launched an investigation.
- A police investigation into a suspected hack of the personal information of 110,000 school staff and pupils in Incheon was reported.
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