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Misdirected email from Seoul National University Hospital leaks data of about 16,000 patients

First reported · Last reported · 12 related reports

Owing to an email address typing error at Seoul National University Hospital, the personal and medical information of about 16,000 patients was mistakenly sent to an outside party. The leaked information included maternal and newborn medical records and childbirth histories. The hospital requested that the email be deleted and confirmed that it had not been received.

Key facts

Affected organisation
Seoul National University Hospital
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Personal and medical information of about 16,000 patients
Cause / method
Email misdirected to an outside recipient owing to an address typing error
Location
South Korea

If your data was exposed

Exposed dataHealth & medical data

  1. 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.
  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 medical records of about 16,000 patients and the request to delete the email came to light.
  2. The hospital announced the leak of medical information and confirmed the email had not been received.

12 related reports

The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organisation’s official statements for accurate details.