Hacker threatens to leak cosmetic surgery photos amid weak clinic data security
A hacker threatened to release cosmetic surgery photos. Medical information at hospitals and clinics remains vulnerable in terms of security.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataHealth & medical data
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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
- A hacker's threat to release cosmetic surgery photos and the weak security of medical information at hospitals and clinics came to light.
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