Multicampus learning platform breach exposes about 70,000 users' personal data
Unauthorised access to the cloud environment of Multicampus's online education service, Learning Platform, exposed the personal information of about 70,000 users, according to a provisional tally. The exposed data included names, telephone numbers, email addresses, user IDs, department names, employee numbers, job grades and positions. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) received a breach report, and the precise scale and types of data affected remain under investigation.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Multicampus
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of about 70,000 users
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to the Learning Platform cloud environment
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNamePhone numberEmailUsername
- Change your password, and also change it on any other site where you use the same one. Turn on two-factor authentication if available.
- 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 Multicampus personal data breach and the Personal Information Protection Commission's receipt of a breach report became public.
- A provisional tally indicated that about 70,000 users' personal information had been exposed, including user IDs and work-related information.
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