Data of about 3,000 National Election Commission employees leaked to external site
During an internal security inspection at South Korea's National Election Commission, a contract worker posted the inspection results to VirusTotal, leaking the data of about 3,000 employees. The leaked data included names, department names, IP addresses and PC security inspection scorecards. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) received a report on 26 June 2024 and began verifying the facts.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Election Commission
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Names, department names, IP addresses and PC security inspection scorecards of about 3,000 employees
- Cause / method
- A contract worker posted internal security inspection results to VirusTotal
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataName
- 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
- The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) received a report of the National Election Commission data leak.
- The PIPC was verifying the facts regarding the leak of data of about 3,000 employees.
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