University student community Knock hacked, user data leaked
Knock, an online community for university students, was hacked and users' personal data was leaked. The scale of the leak, the date of the incident and the operator's response have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Knock
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Leak of users' personal data
- Cause / method
- Hacking
- 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
- The hacking of university student community Knock and the leak of users' personal data were reported.
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