Jeju secondary school pupil obtains personal data of about 400 pupils without authorisation
A pupil at a middle school in Jeju, South Korea, gained unauthorised access to a teacher's Google Workspace account whose initial password had never been changed. The pupil downloaded the personal information of about 400 pupils and the coursework assessment marks of about 200. The school reported the leak, deleted the data and changed passwords, and no external distribution has been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of about 400 pupils and coursework assessment marks of about 200
- Cause / method
- A pupil accessed without authorisation a teacher's Google Workspace account whose initial password had not been changed
- 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 came to light that a Jeju middle school pupil had obtained personal data and marks without authorisation, and that the school had reported it, deleted the data and changed passwords.
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