Malgeunsoft hack leaks personal data of 40,000 Korea Institute of Educational Facility Safety users
SpilloverSpillover from the Malgeunsoft incident · View original incident →In the wake of the Malgeunsoft hack, the personal information of 40,000 users of the Korea Institute of Educational Facility Safety was leaked. When the incident occurred and the response have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Korea Institute of Educational Facility Safety
- Original incident
- Malgeunsoft Hack Reported to Have Leaked 2.37 Million Personal Records
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal data of 40,000 users
- Cause / method
- Secondary damage from the Malgeunsoft hack
- 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
- It emerged that the personal information of 40,000 Korea Institute of Educational Facility Safety users had been leaked in the wake of the Malgeunsoft hack.
Original incident
This is spillover from the Malgeunsoft incident.
Malgeunsoft Hack Reported to Have Leaked 2.37 Million Personal Records
2.4mImpact: 2.37 million reported personal data records leaked; 22 client companies affected
A hack of Malgeunsoft led to member information from online education sites being taken out. As of 13 October, the reported scale of the personal data leak is 2.37 million records, with 22 client companies affected. The affected organisations include the Korea Institute of Educational Facility Safety, where personal data of 40,000 users was leaked.
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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.