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Daegu Dong-gu Cultural Foundation hack may have leaked data of 25 members

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On 29 January, the Daegu Dong-gu Cultural Foundation confirmed that the personal information of 25 members may have been leaked in an external hack. The information involved includes IDs, names, dates of birth, gender, mobile phone numbers and email addresses. The foundation blocked the unauthorised access route and temporarily shut down its website.

Key facts

Affected organisation
Daegu Dong-gu Cultural Foundation
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
2024-01-29
Scale of damage
Possible leak of personal information of 25 members
Cause / method
External hacking
Location
South Korea

If your data was exposed

Exposed dataNamePhone numberEmailDate of birthUsername

  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. The foundation confirmed that the personal information of 25 members may have been leaked in an external hack.
  2. The foundation's blocking of the unauthorised access route and temporary shutdown of its website were reported.

1 related reports

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