Gongju high school staff member's mistaken file post exposes data of 168 pupils
A staff member at a high school in Gongju, South Chungcheong Province, mistakenly posted an operations plan file to a group chat for a field trip, exposing the personal information of 168 pupils. The exposed information included names, contact details, health notes and information on who was eligible for expense support. The file remained posted for about an hour, and the school belatedly apologised to parents.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Names, contact details, health notes and expense support eligibility information of 168 pupils, among other data
- Cause / method
- A staff member mistakenly posted an operations plan file to a group chat
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
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- 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 exposure of the personal information of 168 pupils at a high school in Gongju and the school's apology to parents came to light.
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