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HR data of 5,000 Samsung Biologics employees leaked internally

First reported · Last reported · 17 related reports

Personal information of about 5,000 Samsung Biologics employees, including salaries, educational backgrounds and performance appraisals, was leaked on the company's internal network. Controversy also followed over a leak of psychological counselling information, and the company said there had been no external leak. Chief executive John Rim apologised and pledged to prepare countermeasures and work to prevent further damage, while the trade union filed a complaint against company executives.

Key facts

Affected organisation
Samsung Biologics
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Personal information of about 5,000 employees, including salaries, educational backgrounds and performance appraisals
Cause / method
Not confirmed
Location
South Korea

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Exposed dataHealth & medical data

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  2. 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

  1. The leak of employees' HR information on the internal network, chief executive John Rim's apology and the trade union's complaint against company executives came to light.
  2. The company said there had been no external leak and stated that it would work to prevent further damage.
  3. Concerns were raised among office workers over the leak of psychological counselling information.
  4. The chair of Samsung's Compliance Committee said he would discuss the Samsung Biologics personal data leak with committee members.

17 related reports

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