Patient personal data leaked in National Assembly rare disease symposium booklet
Patients' personal information was printed in a booklet for a rare disease symposium at South Korea's National Assembly and leaked. Around 100 copies of the booklet were distributed; the specific number of people affected and the follow-up response have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Around 100 copies of a booklet containing patients' personal information distributed
- Cause / method
- Distribution of a symposium booklet containing patients' personal information
- 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 ↗
Timeline
- It was reported that around 100 copies of a National Assembly rare disease symposium booklet containing patients' personal information had been distributed.
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