Wannabe Group reported for privacy violation amid phishing text concerns
Wannabe Group was reported for a privacy violation. Concerns were raised that victims who had suffered losses of hundreds of billions of won could face secondary harm from phishing text messages. The specific scale of the privacy violation, its date and the response were not specified.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Wannabe Group
- Incident type
- Phishing & smishing
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- 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
- The report filed against Wannabe Group for a privacy violation and concerns over secondary harm from phishing text messages came to light.
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