Controversy over security rating of university that leaked tens of thousands of students' data
Questions were raised over a university that leaked the personal information of tens of thousands of students receiving a pass mark in the government's university information security assessment. The name of the university, the timing of the leak and the response have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of tens of thousands of students
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- 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
- Questions were raised about the government information security assessment result of a university that leaked the personal information of tens of thousands of students.
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