Sungsimdang online shop hack leaks customer personal data
In June 2024, Sungsimdang's online shop was hacked and customers' personal information was leaked. Sungsimdang initially said no personal information had been leaked, but the leak later came to light. The scale of the damage was not known at the time.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Sungsimdang
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Customer personal information
- Cause / method
- Hack of the online shop
- 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
- A personal information leak came to light in the online shop hack, for which Sungsimdang had initially said no personal information was leaked.
- It was reported that the scale of the customer personal information leak had not been determined.
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