Bank book copies left on community centre copier
Copies of bank books were left unattended on a multifunction copier at an administrative welfare centre, revealing a risk of personal information exposure. The specific institution, the actual scale of any leak and the response measures have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Bank book copies left unattended on a multifunction copier
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataBank account
- Turn on deposit and withdrawal alerts in your banking app. You can check all accounts in your name at once and request a payment suspension if needed.Account Info (integrated account management) ↗
- 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 practice of leaving bank book copies unattended on a multifunction copier at an administrative welfare centre came to light.
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