KDCA leaks sensitive personal data via misdirected texts and other errors
Personal information was leaked at the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency through text messages sent to the wrong recipients and other errors. The leaked information included sensitive health-related data.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA)
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Sensitive health-related personal information
- Cause / method
- Text messages sent to the wrong recipients and other errors
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataHealth & medical data
- 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 caused by the KDCA's misdirected text messages and other errors was disclosed.
2 related reports
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