Corporate executives' phone numbers apparently sold in bulk
Signs emerged that phone numbers of corporate executives were being sold in bulk. The specific affected companies, how the information was obtained, the scale of the leak and the response have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Signs of sale of corporate executives' phone numbers
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
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- 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
- Signs that corporate executives' phone numbers were being sold in bulk were disclosed.
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