Kyungpook National University leaks personal data of 5,905 postgraduate students
On 15 July 2024, a Kyungpook National University staff member sending a graduation notice email to 118 postgraduate students attached a file containing the personal information of all 5,905 postgraduate students. The leaked items included names, student ID numbers, departments, credits earned, and grade point averages. The university notified students of the leak and formally apologised, and the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) launched an investigation.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Kyungpook National University
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- 2024-07-15
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of 5,905 postgraduate students, including names, student ID numbers, departments, credits earned, and GPAs
- Cause / method
- A file with personal data of all postgraduate students was attached to a graduation notice email
- 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
- A staff member emailed a file containing the personal information of all 5,905 postgraduate students to 118 postgraduate students.
- The university notified students of the personal data leak and formally apologised.
- It emerged that the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) was investigating the Kyungpook National University data leak.
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