Korea Land and Housing Corporation leaks data of around 1,100 rental housing applicants
Owing to an employee's mistake at the Korea Land and Housing Corporation, an original Excel file containing the personal information of around 1,100 applicants for national rental housing in Asan Tangjeong 2 was posted on LH Cheongyak Plus. Names, phone numbers, eligibility points and whether applicants belonged to vulnerable groups or had disabilities were exposed. Many people downloaded the file before a correction notice was issued.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH)
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of around 1,100 rental housing applicants, including vulnerable group and disability status
- Cause / method
- Employee mistakenly posted an original Excel file containing personal information
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
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- 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 around 1,100 rental housing applicants had been leaked through an Excel file posted on LH Cheongyak Plus.
- The Korea Land and Housing Corporation incident was revisited as a case of a public body leaking personal data due to staff error.
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