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KEPCO breach exposes data of employees, retirees and contractor staff

First reported · Last reported · 13 related reports

Personal data, including names and employee numbers, belonging to approximately 24,000 KEPCO executives and employees was exposed on an external webpage. The number of people affected expanded to 35,528, including retirees and contractor employees, and an additional leak involving the names, telephone numbers and other data of 65 retirees was announced on 29 October. KEPCO’s president apologised and pledged to overhaul security operations, while the relevant authorities are investigating the circumstances and cause of the breach.

Key facts

Affected organisation
Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO)
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
A breach affecting 35,528 people was confirmed, followed by confirmation of an additional leak affecting 65 retirees
Cause / method
Not confirmed
Location
South Korea

If your data was exposed

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  1. 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.
  2. 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

  1. It was confirmed that the approximately 24,000 people whose personal data was exposed included 302 retirees, and that 22 people could not be notified individually because their contact details were unavailable.
  2. KEPCO President Kim Dong-cheol apologised for the leak of employees’ personal data and pledged fundamental reform of security operations.
  3. The number of people affected by the personal data breach expanded to 35,528, including retirees and contractor employees.
  4. KEPCO announced on its website an additional leak of personal data, including the names and telephone numbers of 65 retirees.
  5. It became known that the National Intelligence Service’s investigation results into the employee information breach were expected in mid-November.

13 related reports

The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organisation’s official statements for accurate details.