Controversy over leak of health data of 5,200 people at Gangwon education office
Health information of 5,200 people was leaked from the Gangwon Provincial Office of Education, and allegations arose that the office had covered it up for two years. The office acknowledged that information on about 5,000 people had been leaked but countered that there had been no leak outside the organisation.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Gangwon Provincial Office of Education
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Health information of 5,200 people
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- South Korea
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Exposed dataHealth & medical data
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Timeline
- Allegations were raised of a leak of health information of 5,200 people and a two-year cover-up.
- The education office acknowledged a leak of information on about 5,000 people but countered that there had been no external leak.
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