NHIS long-term care portal leaks personal data of 182 people
The personal data of 182 people was leaked from the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) long-term care portal. The NHIS apologised for the leak and said it would prepare measures to prevent a recurrence, and it launched an internal audit a week after the incident.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- National Health Insurance Service (NHIS)
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal data of 182 people
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- 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
- The NHIS apologised for the leak of 182 people's personal data and said it would prepare measures to prevent a recurrence.
- It came to light that the NHIS had launched an internal audit a week after the personal data leak.
- The NHIS's apology for the long-term care portal personal data leak was reported.
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