Research foundation hack exposes personal data of 120,000 researchers
The personal information of 120,000 researchers was leaked in a hack at a research foundation. Critics pointed out that the data was leaked through a rudimentary hack despite a security budget of 4.8 billion won, and that there were no improvement measures.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of 120,000 researchers
- Cause / method
- External hacking
- 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 leak of personal information of 120,000 people at the research foundation became known.
- Critics pointed out that researchers' data was leaked through a rudimentary hack despite a 4.8 billion won security budget, with no improvement measures in place.
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