Court rules no legal basis to punish Bithumb customer data leak
A court ruled that the Bithumb customer data leak could not be punished as there was no applicable legal provision. The timing of the leak, its scale and any follow-up measures have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Bithumb
- Incident type
- Data breach
- 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
- A ruling that the Bithumb customer data leak could not be punished owing to the absence of an applicable legal provision came to light.
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