NK Economy backup site and CEO’s Facebook account compromised
On 12 November 2026, an intrusion exploiting a system vulnerability was detected and addressed on NK Economy’s Digital Hurricane blog backup site. The site contained no personal information. On 13 November, the recovery email address for the CEO’s Facebook account was changed and the account was made private, while the linked NK Economy Facebook page was also shut down. The extent of the damage and whether access has been restored still require confirmation from Facebook.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- NK Economy
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- 2026-11-12
- Scale of damage
- Intrusion into the blog backup site, takeover of the CEO’s Facebook account and shutdown of the linked page
- Cause / method
- Exploitation of a vulnerability in the blog backup site and hacking of the Facebook account
- Location
- South Korea
Timeline
- NK Economy reported an intrusion into its backup site and the hacking of its CEO’s Facebook account.
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