Gang arrested for stealing massage parlour customer data and extorting 500 million won
A gang installed a hacking app to steal customer information from massage parlours. They extorted 500 million won by threatening to tell customers' spouses about their visits. The gang members involved in the crime were arrested.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Theft of massage parlour customer information and extortion of 500 million won
- Cause / method
- Theft of customer information through an installed hacking app, and blackmail
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataUsage & purchase history
- 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
- A scheme to steal massage parlour customer information, threaten customers and extort 500 million won was reported.
- The arrest of the gang that installed a hacking app and threatened customers was reported.
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