Yuanta Securities customer data leaked without authorisation by contractor
Personal data of Yuanta Securities customers was leaked without authorisation through an outsourcing contractor. A related first-instance trial in June 2024 revealed gaps in personal data management, and in July the arrest of the contractor's chief executive was reported.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Yuanta Securities Korea
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Customers' personal data
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised leak of personal data by an outsourcing contractor
- 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 ↗
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Timeline
- The first-instance trial in the personal data leak case revealed gaps in personal data management at Yuanta Securities and others.
- The arrest of the outsourcing contractor's chief executive in connection with the unauthorised leak of Yuanta Securities customers' personal data was reported.
2 related reports
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