Police accessed personal data without authorisation and leaked sex crime victims' information
The Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) flagged unauthorised access to personal data by police and leaks of sex crime victims' information. The scale of the damage, the timing and follow-up measures have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Leak of sex crime victims' information
- 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 Board of Audit and Inspection flagged unauthorised police access to personal data and leaks of sex crime victims' information.
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