Gwangju Tourism Organization warns of possible data leak following DOUZONE BIZON breach
SpilloverSpillover from the DOUZONE BIZON incident · View original incident →A security breach occurred in the systems of DOUZONE BIZON, an external service provider used by Gwangju Tourism Organization. The organisation published a notice on its website on 11 November because it could not rule out the possibility that personal information held by the external service had been affected. No actual leak of personal information has been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Gwangju Tourism Organization
- Original incident
- DOUZONE BIZON server breach raises wider concerns over client data exposure
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Possible leak of personal information held by an outsourced service
- Cause / method
- Breach of external service provider DOUZONE BIZON's systems
- 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
- Gwangju Tourism Organization published a notice on its website about a possible personal information leak following the DOUZONE BIZON breach.
- It was reported that no actual leak of Gwangju Tourism Organization's personal information had been confirmed.
Original incident
This is spillover from the DOUZONE BIZON incident.
DOUZONE BIZON server breach raises wider concerns over client data exposure
Impact: As of 5 November, 28 companies and institutions had issued notices of possible personal data leaks; the actual scale of any leak remains unconfirmed
Two security breaches were confirmed at DOUZONE BIZON, raising the possibility that personal data belonging to client companies and third parties whose data those clients held may have been leaked. Historical records of companies whose services had ended may also have been affected, and as of 5 November, 28 companies and institutions had issued notices of possible data leaks. DOUZONE BIZON voluntarily reported the incidents to the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) and the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) and disclosed progress on security investments totalling 16 billion won. The government deemed the incidents serious and launched a joint public-private investigation, while whether data was actually leaked and the extent of any leak remain under investigation.
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