Gwangju Dong-gu resident app leaks personal data of 2,101 users
Personal information belonging to 2,101 users was leaked from Our Neighbourhood do Banjang, a resident participation app in Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City. The leaked data included names, mobile phone numbers, residential neighbourhood names, nicknames, and records and amounts of points earned. An administrator menu was exposed during a feature update, resulting in six downloads of personal data files, and Dong-gu blocked external access and enabled authentication.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of 2,101 users
- Cause / method
- An administrator menu was exposed during a feature update, resulting in six downloads of personal data files
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNamePhone numberAddressUsage & purchase history
- 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 leak of personal information belonging to 2,101 users was confirmed, and Dong-gu announced that it had blocked external access and enabled authentication.
- An investigation found that an administrator menu had been exposed during a feature update, resulting in six downloads of personal data files.
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