Personal data of 219,665 users of South Korean cosmetic surgery app leaked
The personal information of 219,665 users was leaked from a South Korean cosmetic surgery and beauty app through abnormal access to its consultation history lookup API. The victims included about 160,000 users in South Korea. Besides names and contact details, consultation photos, hospital and doctor names, and some procedure and payment information were also leaked, and the operator disclosed the leak.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of 219,665 users, including about 160,000 in South Korea
- Cause / method
- Abnormal access to the consultation history lookup API
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNamePhone numberHealth & medical dataUsage & purchase history
- 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
- It was made public that about 220,000 people's information was exposed in a hack of a South Korean cosmetic surgery app.
- It was confirmed that the number of victims was 219,665 and that consultation photos and some procedure and payment information were included.
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