Suhyup Bank tuition system cyber-attack exposes data of over 5,100 students
Sh Suhyup Bank’s tuition payment management system was hacked, exposing student numbers, department names, tuition amounts paid and other information belonging to over 5,100 students. Following the incident, a compensation package was offered that included insurance cover, VIP status and preferential exchange rates. Concerns were raised that the package required students to conduct banking transactions with the bank.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Sh Suhyup Bank
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Student numbers, department names, tuition amounts paid and other information belonging to over 5,100 students
- Cause / method
- Hack of the tuition payment management system
- 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 ↗
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Timeline
- Concerns were raised that the compensation package offered after the data leak affecting over 5,100 students required banking transactions with the bank.
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